Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
No. of Recommendations: 18
First, the statute Mad King Donald uses for emergency tariffs specifically excludes films (and how are films an emergency threat to "national security" anyway?). He has no authority to do this. BTW, what counts as "produced elsewhere" and how would those tariffs be administered?
Second, we have a trade surplus in the film industry, exporting three times the amount of content that we import. The US film industry is one of the most US-dominated industries on the planet.
Third, the inevitable retaliatory tariffs would absolutely kill foreign box office for US studios.
Aren't films a service industry? We run wildly successful surpluses everywhere on services. Does Mad King Donald really want to trigger retaliatory tariffs on services?
This is a "squirrel" moment by Mad Kind Donald to take the spotlight off of his pathetic "Meet the Press" performance, his continuing babbling about "those things you push babies around in" and "15-year-old young ladies with dolls," and his inability to negotiate a single trade agreement.
And the inability of his party to pass legislation or a budget.
No. of Recommendations: 4
This is a "squirrel" moment by Mad Kind Donald to take the spotlight off of his pathetic "Meet the Press" performance, ……
You have to give Donny 2 Dolls credit where credit is due. He doesn’t try to hide the fact that he’s an idiot and suffering from dementia. It’s right out there for everyone to see.
No. of Recommendations: 7
Third, the inevitable retaliatory tariffs would absolutely kill foreign box office for US studios.
You may have nailed it here. That would likely impact California and New York the hardest, and we all know Donny 2 Dolls doesn't like those places. 3D chess and all...
No. of Recommendations: 2
25th Amendment time.
No. of Recommendations: 4
We got almost-free tickets for Thunderbolts. It was OK. But, with Marvel films, there is always content during the credits. So one sits through the credits. In this film, they had both Georgia and Toronto mentioned. So is that a "foreign film"? They also clearly were in NYC for part of it.
Sure, some movies stay in one place (e.g. Phone Booth...that's in one phone booth in NYC). But a lot of them travel around the world, including the US.
But I'm making reasonable points against something that is, well, nuts.
I'm no fan of Vance. But I think it is time to remove the Felon, regardless. Our feckless Congress will never do it, but it is their duty to do it. Sooner than later.
