Voight, Stallone and Gibson to play a role in Trump in Hollywood
President elected Donald Trump appointed Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson as his “eyes and ears” in Hollywood.
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One day after President Donald Trump announced his intention to slap heavy prices on films produced abroad, actor Jon Voight takes a credit (partial).
Voight, a Hollywood veteran and a close ally of Trump, Posted a video on x On May 5, welcoming the president's proposal and denouncing the effects of an entertainment industry that is evolving more and more abroad.
“My American compatriots and my peers in Hollywood, I recently met our president, Donald J. Trump,” said Voight, in a video press release delivered to an American flag. He continued by saying that Trump wants to “see Hollywood prosper and make films bigger and bigger than ever” and “see productions return to American Hollywood”.
In An article on social networks On May 4, Trump announced that he had authorized his administration to take a 100% price on films produced outside the United States because, as he said, “the film industry in America dies of a very rapid death”.
Voight has echoed this feeling, saying: “Our industry has recently suffered in recent years, and many Americans have lost jobs because of the productions that have gone abroad.
“After meeting many entertainment leaders, I have presented recommendations to the president for certain tax provisions that can help industry,” he continued. “Certain provisions that could be extended and others that may be relaunched or instituted.
It is not clear if these exact tax provisions correspond to the invoice of the figure of 100% of Trump, a number which itself made confusion in the industry while the filmmakers wondered if it would be calculated according to the production costs or the revenues of the box office.
In a press release on May 5, the White House seemed to be lifting the proposal slightly, insisting that “no final decision on foreign films prices have been made” “” and that the administration “explored all the options to deliver President Trump's directive to protect the national and economic security of our country while making Hollywood very well.”
Voight, who, with his colleagues actors Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson was named “special ambassador” in Hollywood, seemed imperturbable by the counter coupling, calling Trump “a big businessman” and “an attentive person who will always do the right thing”.
Trump's decision to target Hollywood is only the last in a series of prices that his administration has announced in an alleged effort to bring certain industries to the United States. The strategy triggered an increasing escalation of the trade war with China and a roller coaster for action prices.
In his article on social networks, the president called for the incentives used to bring filmmakers and studio productions into other countries “a national security threat” and “propaganda”, and concluded by writing “, we want films made in America, again!”
Contribution: Zac Anderson,, Brian Truitt, USA Today
