He blamed a “concerted effort” by other countries that offer incentives to attract filmmakers and studios, which he described as a “National Security threat”.
“WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick responded to the announcement, saying “We’re on it”.
This is an actual thing. I figured it was made up, but no, Trump is serious. :)
“I am now implementing a 200% tariff on Genshin Impact, for supporting Chai-na. Chai-na is trying to steal our money…all of our money…and they’re doing it by tricking us with big-eyed freaks. Chai-na always talks about “the Rising Sun”, so why would they make big eyes, you know? It make no sense. No sense. So we’re gonna tariff them, and it’ll be great, because we’ll show the criminals and murderers who make that game what happens.”