Trump imposes 100% tariff on non-Hollywood movies; blames California guv

Continuing his self-introduced tradition of imposing tariffs, United States President Donald Trump has now targeted movies made outside of the US.

In a post on social media platform TruthSocial, Trump wrote, "Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing “candy from a baby.” California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit! Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT".

While details are yet to emerge, particularly on the effective date of this tariff, the move will impact the box office collections of a lot of Indian movies that tend to do well in the US. Indian movies like RRR, Baahubali, Pathaan, among others, have done well in the US market in the past.

The move comes days after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on pharmaceutical products.

Starting October 2025, the US will be imposing a 100 per cent tariff on any branded or patented pharmaceutical product, unless a company is building their pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in America, Trump said in a social media post.

Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) on Friday said US President Donald Trump's move to impose 100 per cent import tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs from October 1 will impact only patented and branded products, not generic medicines.