[Richard White]

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So.. how is he going to tarriff movies?

It's not like theatres can charge more for certain movies over others. The only options I can see are Netflix et al jacking up their prices to cover the costs of tarriffs.

Does he not realise though that this will kill certain productions. Star Trek for example is primarily filmed in Ontario, Doctor Who while owned by Disney is filmed in the UK and other franchises film overseas on location out of convienience.

Even The Rookie filmed in Prague this year.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

Does he not realise though that this will kill certain productions.

Nope, he does not. I imagine that basically any movie filmed outside the US, the company probably would get tariffed, and probably on the licensing fees. But yeah it will have devastating impacts on the movie industry.

 

[Northern Light]

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How would you even do this?

A tariff, normally, is a percentage markup on the selling price of a good or service.

When Paramount 'imports' a movie from Canada, it is a U.S. owned product from day one (if its a Paramount movie as opposed to distributing a Canadian film)

Paramount does not sell the U.S. rights to anyone. When the movie is distributed theatrically the standard arrangement is ~50% of the box office goes to the film company/distributor and 50% says with the exhibitor /theatre owner.

Where is the value to which you could attach a tariff?

How would you treat Bond films (now American as Amazon/MGM bought the franchise) or Mission Impossible that by nature are set in 4-8 countries around the globe?

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As a side note, the U.S. culture machine is globally dominant; the return-fire on this would be bans on Netflix/Amazon and quotas for domestic cinema or larger ones world wide.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

Well, I guess I answered my own question on what Trump would do next to sabatoge the NYC Mayoral election...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1972671105790873879

 

[Mihairokov]

Throughout history cities generally outlast and outlive empires. NYC will exist long after the US ceases to be.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

Oregon sues Trump administration over deployment of National Guard troops to Portland

The suit comes a day after Trump announced he was authorizing the guard to use "full force" in Portland.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Richard White]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1972671105790873879

This man is genuinely insane.

Does he not realise the Midterm elections are less than a year away and the GOP has alot to lose in the Senate. There are also 46 State Elections and 36 Gubernatorial elections.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

 

[Richard White]

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Would it not be ironic if IKEA pulled out of the US and Walmart stopped selling furniture.

 

[PL1]

I'm sure the spray-painted "decorations" he installed in the oval office came from the US

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

ICE agents versus cyclist...

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Donald Trump doesn't like comedians making fun of him. Just like Adolf Hitler didn't like Charles Chaplin making fun of him.

 

[adma]

And Chaplin had a strange Epstein-like vibe about him

 

[picard102]

And Chaplin had a strange Epstein-like vibe about him

What?

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

ICE agents versus cyclist...

...I'm told this is best viewed with Benny Hill music running in the background.