Re: there go all the Lifetime and Hallmark "movies"...

On Sun, 4 May 2025 23:50:01 +0000, danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
wrote:


So if I want to watch a movie on a streaming service they have to
collect the 100% tariff. What if the streaming service isn't run by a
US company? This might work for theater releases but it gets murky
with so many streaming/download services located in the USA and
elsewhere.

(usual caution as this is from a re-post since
I don't have a Truth Social account)
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 @realDonaldTrump
The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very
fast death.
>
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!
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