Trump’s 100% Tariff on Movies: 8 Key Questions the Industry Is Now Pondering and Dreading

Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the south lawn of the White House on May 4, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Of course, it was too good to be true.

For the first 100 days of Donald Trump‘s second presidency, it looked like the entertainment industry might just escape the huge costs and relentless chaos unleashed by his radical attempts to remake global trade.

Entertainment products like movies were exempt from Trump’s original “Liberation Day” tariffs because they are classified as services, rather than physical goods. The industry also took some assurance from the fact that…