Trumpenomics

[Renauda]

BBC reports 100% tariffs on foreign made movies- as per National Security concerns.

USA, you have a big problem.

[jon-nyc]

God help us if another Studio Ghibli hit sweeps the nation. To say nothing about the next Wallace and Gromit feature film.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Greg Lukianoff, CEO of FIRE:

Protectionism in the name of poor, little helpless...Hollywood!?
And that's before we even get into the morass of first amendment issues ths presents.
It's as if every day we @thefireorg get a pop quiz on First Amendment law from the weirdest Con Law 2 class ever offered.

[89th]

Again, as a husband of someone who loves to buy yet another toy or box of crayons when we have more than a surplus already... I very much welcome Trump's perspective on over consumption and border line hoarding. That being said, clearing out clutter isn't exactly my recommendation for economic policy.

[Renauda]

@89th

At the level given, it does smack of statist micromanagement.

[jon-nyc]

This is so obvious. What are the magats thinking.

WSJ: “If other countries imposed reciprocal tariffs, it could devastate Hollywood studios…The U.S. movie industry had a $15.3 billion trade surplus in 2023 and generated a positive balance of trade with every major foreign market.

[89th]

As Trump said in the interview yesterday (seriously) when asked if he takes responsibility for the economy, "The bad parts are Biden's economy, the good parts are Trump's economy." Not a surprise, but wow.

[89th]

“Did the same thing only in reverse”

Link to video

[jon-nyc]

That was good.

[Mik]

@Renauda said in Trumpenomics:

@89th

At the level given, it does smack of statist micromanagement.

It certainly does. Also rather of flailing.

[jon-nyc]

[Horace]

Fjord Motors? Sounds European. I only care about American car companies.