The industry isn't taking that first "100% tariff" post at face value. And yet, says one IATSE member: “A few years ago, a proposal like this would’ve been 70 percent opposed by the rank and file. Now?

Trump has not endorsed a federal film subsidy. But in calling for a tariff, he has conceded that a problem exists that requires some sort of federal action. “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.