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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said he is ready to team up with President Donald Trump to rejuvenate America’s film industry.
“Now it’s time for a real federal partnership to Make America Film Again. @POTUS, let’s get it done,” Newsom wrote in an X post on Monday night.
Newsom also said California is “ready to bring even more jobs home,” adding that the state “built the film industry.”
When approached for comment, a spokesperson for Newsom said the state is “eager to partner with the Trump administration to further strengthen domestic production and Make America Film Again.”
“America continues to be a film powerhouse, and California is all in to bring more production here,” Newsom’s spokesperson told Business Insider.
Newsom’s remarks come a day after Trump said he was considering imposing a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US.
In a Truth Social post published on Sunday, Trump said the US film industry is “DYING a very fast death” while other countries were using incentives to lure American filmmakers to shoot their movies outside the US.
“Hollywood, and many other areas within the USA, are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat,” Trump wrote in his post.
On Monday, actor Jon Voight and his manager, Steve Paul, said they presented Trump with a “comprehensive plan” to “make Hollywood great again.”
Voight and Paul’s proposal includes “federal tax incentives, significant changes to several tax codes, the establishment of co-production treaties with foreign countries, and infrastructure subsidies for theater owners, film and television production companies, and post-production companies.”
The pair also called for a “focus on job training” and imposing “tariffs in certain limited circumstances.” They added that the White House is reviewing the proposal.
Newsom and Trump have had a strained relationship.
Last month, Newsom filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court challenging Trump’s tariffs, calling them “unlawful and unprecedented.”
When deadly wildfires ravaged Los Angeles in January, Trump attributed blame in part to Newsom.
“The fires in Los Angeles may go down, in dollar amount, as the worst in the History of our Country,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post in January.
“Let this serve, and be emblematic, of the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden/Newscum Duo,” Trump added.
Newsom’s term as governor ends in about two years, and he is widely seen as a frontrunner for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
Unlike most presidential hopefuls, Newsom has sought to engage his political opponents directly.
In February, Newsom started his podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom,” which has featured guests like Charlie Kirk, a right-wing influencer, and Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment from BI.
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