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Whoopi Goldberg is telling Donald Trump to “please stop” with regards to Hollywood and film tariffs. Trump brought about shock and confusion within the movie and TV industries this week by writing on social media that he had approved the U.S. Trade Representative and the Commerce Department to provoke steps to impose a 100% tariff on movies made abroad.
“Okay, look, you can’t do that,” Goldberg fired again on “The View” (through EW). “What that equates to is, you’re going to tell me how to write the story I want to write if it happens in Europe? Look, could you please lower the price of eggs before you start this?”
“When you go over to another country to work, you work with the people who are there,” the EGOT winner continued. “We don’t import our folks to go over there. Who are you going to put this tariff on? The production? The studio? What are you talking about?… It is part of what we do. Please stop. The bottom line is tax incentives. If you want to change, you have to change it in the states and make it available for people to shoot here. Don’t stop us from going over and shooting overseas, because then you’re limiting us.”
“And also, not for nothing. The movies teach people English,” Goldberg concluded. “We teach people who will never get to America, what America is all about. We show them who we are. If you impose a tax like this, you’re saying that we’re not good enough, and that’s not the case. We’re the best in the world.”
Amid confusion over Trump’s announcement, the White House issued a press release saying “no final decisions” have been made but on the matter. A spokesperson added: “The Administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again.”
Jon Voight and his producing accomplice, Steven Paul, revealed after Trump’s announcement that they’d submitted a “comprehensive” plan to him in an try and rescue the leisure trade. As reported by Variety: “The plan includes federal incentives for production and post-production, co-production treaties with foreign countries as well as infrastructure subsidies for theater owners and production companies, job training, and changes to the tax code. The plan also calls for tariffs in ‘certain limited circumstances.’”
“The President loves the entertainment business and this country, and he will help us make Hollywood great again,” Voight stated in a press release.
Voight is one in all three “special ambassadors” appointed by Trump to deal with Hollywood points, together with Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson.