With filmmakers increasingly ditching L.A. for more affordable locations around the world, President Donald Trump is sounding the alarm about the pitfalls of that ongoing Hollywood exodus.

One remedy he announced over the weekend involves a 100% tariff on movies produced outside of the U.S.

He offered some remarks about the plan on Sunday, though there weren’t many details available.

Per the New York Post:

“This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

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Trump said he was authorizing the relevant US government agencies such as the Department of Commerce to immediately begin the process of imposing a 100% tariff on all films produced abroad that are then sent into the United States.

Trump added: “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick also weighed in:

Here are some other social media reactions:

Fox News also covered the latest development:

The comments come after several of Trump’s tariff plans have been paused in recent months due to market turmoil and backlash. On Sunday, Trump said that he would not drop tariffs on China to get Beijing to come to the negotiating table.

“At some point, I’m going to lower them, because otherwise you could never do business with them,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker. “And they want to do business very much like their economy is really doing badly. Their economy is collapsing.”

Trump subsequently responded to a reporter’s question about his latest tariff plan:

 

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