Trump’s Plan to Slap a ‘100% Tariff on Any and All’ Foreign Movies Reportedly Came from Jon Voight

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President Donald Trump’s new plan to impose tariffs on foreign movies was reportedly pitched to him by a notable actor whom the president considers a close ally.

According to Politico, Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight came up with the idea to impose 100 percent tariffs on foreign films — a plan which Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday night.

“The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” Trump wrote. “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”

Politico’s Megan Messerly and Melanie Mason report that Voight — who, along with Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone, was appointed a “special ambassador” to Hollywood back in January — has been pushing the tariff scheme:

State Sen. Ben Allen, a Los Angeles-area Democrat who is a key player in the tax credit negotiations, said he heard from Jon Voight, one of Trump’s appointed ambassadors to Hollywood, several days ago about the possibility of new tariffs.

A person close to the White House, granted anonymity to share details of internal conversations, also attributed the new tariff policy to Voight.

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