Trump's talk of film tariffs makes no sense, but it's already doing damage - to Hollywood | Peter Bradshaw

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : At the beginning of this second tenure, Trump unveiled his three "Hollywood ambassadors", his like-minded guys of the silver screen: Mel Gibson, Sly Stallone and Jon Voight - and Mr Voight, it now appears, met with the president the day before his announcement, suggesting plans for restoring US film production, plans in which ideas for limited tariffs in certain circumstances featured briefly.
57% : He has solemnly announced his grave concern that Hollywood was "dying" at the hands of foreigners like the UK, who give tax breaks to multinationals.
48% : Trump is flooding the zone with tariffs, then he pauses, walks back and climbs down on tariffs, and then adds more tariffs.
38% : (If so, as my colleague Andrew Pulver points out, films will simply switch over to streaming en masse and Trump will have achieved the further destruction of the US movie industry.)
33% : Or maybe Trump will "pause" it, or change it or forget about it as he moves on to something else with which to flood the zone, such a releasing pictures of himself dressed as the pope.
27% : Even if not, then long after Trump has lost interest and moved on to something else, the mere threat will have damaged the industry they are supposed to have helped.

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