Actor Jon Voight said on Monday that he showed President Donald Trump a plan to survive the US film industry.
“The president likes the business of hobbies and in this country, and he will help us revoke Hollywood,” Voight said in a statement.
Voight and his manager Steve Paul, said in a press release that their proposal included a rotation of federal tax incentives, changing tax code, entering co-productivity agreements to foreign countries, and delivering infrastructure subsidies to cinemas owners as well as labor companies and post-product companies.
Voight's proposal also called for a “work training focus” and the imposition of “tariffs in some limited circumstances.” The statement said the White House is reviewing the proposal.
“We look forward to cooperation with the administration, unions, studios, and streamers to help develop a plan to keep our industry healthy and restore many labor in America,” Voight said.
Voight's statements come just one day after Trump says he's Considering imposition A 100% tariff in movies made outside the US.
Trump wrote in a society's reality on Sunday that the US film industry was “dying of a very fast death” while other countries were releasing incentives to attract American filmmakers to create their work there.
“This is a combined -joint effort of other countries and, therefore, a national security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!” Trump wrote.
This is not the first time Trump has talked about strengthening the US film industry.
In January, before his second inauguration, Trump announced that he had appointed the voight, as well as actors Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone, as his Hollywood ambassadors.
“They will serve as special envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost a lot of business over the past four years with foreign countries, back -bigger, better, and stronger than ever before!” Trump wrote.
“The three very good people are my eyes and ears, and I will do what they suggest. It's again, like the United States of America itself, the golden age of Hollywood!” He continued.
Trump did not specify how or when to implement his tariff. On Monday, he appeared to soften his stance when he told reporters that he would ask the movie studios if they were “happy” in his suggested tariff before launching it.
“So we will meet in the industry. I want to make sure they are happy here because we are all about jobs,” Trump said.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
