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Jon Voight Reportedly Gave Trump the Idea for Those Wild Movie Tariffs

Donald Trump's plan to slap a 100-percent tariff on films made outside the United States reportedly came from actor Jon Voight.

According to Politico, a source close to the White House credited the policy to the actor, who was earlier this year named one of Trump’s “special ambassadors” to Hollywood(alongside Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone). Ben Allen, a California state senator from the Los Angeles area who’s active in the world of Hollywood tax credits, also said he heard from Voight about the possibility of tariffs several days before Trump’s announcement. When Trump announced that Voight, Gibson, and Stallone would serve as his “Special Envoys” to Hollywood in January, the president flagged the issue of productions leaving the United States — which the tariffs are allegedly supposed to address.

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