United States President Donald Trump has said he wants to levy a 100 percent import tax on movies made outside the country, saying the movie business “has been stolen” from Hollywood and the US.

Posting on his Truth Social platform on Monday, the US president said the tariff was intended to “solve this long time, never ending problem.”

“Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing ‘candy from a baby,'” he wrote.

“California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit!”, he added, in reference to California governor Gavin Newsom, who is a common foil of Trump’s.

It was unclear how these tariffs would operate, since movies and TV shows can be transmitted digitally without going through port

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