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Bill Mechanic On Trump & Hollywood Tariff Quick-Fix – Sequel Guest Column
Fundamentally, it’s difficult to believe Trump would lift any finger other than his middle one toward Hollywood.
Given the number of articles and opinions offered these past few days, it’s clear that many people believe Donald Trump’s tweet about instituting punitive tariffs on movies to help production in the U.S. Do you think for one moment the UK, Europe, Australia, India, Japan and China won’t hatch plans to make it uneconomic to distribute American made films in their countries? Look at what he’s done to the Kennedy Center, to the law firms who opposed him, what he’s tried to do to New York, how he said he would not provide federal aid when Los Angeles suffered the worst fires in our history, how he pulled out of climate control and attacks California’s clean air initiatives.
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