Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Tariffs on movies?? That's Donald Trump's idea of "revenge" on Hollywood

 Before he even entertained the idea of being president, Donald Trump did commercials, most famously allowing himself to be embarrassed on national television by the Manning brothers while shilling for Oreo in 2009. He made cameos in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" & "The Little Rascals", and appeared in Bobby Brown's video for "On Our Own" from "Ghostbusters 2".

The Apprentice & Celebrity Apprentice failed to win Emmy awards during their runs. See what this is leading to, kids?

Because he never got any recognition in Hollywood, even for a mere cameo in a movie, the Big Orange Onion is threatening tariffs on foreign films being imported to the US, according to one article I read.

Farron Cousins breaks down why Trump isn't getting his "flowers" from the film industry.


Basically, it comes down to this:


"WAAAAHHHHH! Hollywood hates me! WAAAAHHH!!"

When it comes to celebrity endorsements, Trump surrounds himself with has-beens like Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone (not quite a has-been yet), Kid Rock, Mel Gibson, Hulk Hogan, and so on. Trump wants the rub from being associated with them. That's not exactly going to win younger fans over, though.

During his first campaign for President, more than 30 years ago, Bill Clinton knew he needed the youth demographic, so he sat in with Arsenio Hall's band. He invited MTV to produce an inaugural ball in 1993. Barack Obama would sit down with Jimmy Fallon and "slow-jam" the news of the day. Kamala Harris thought doing Saturday Night Live, and standing alongside Maya Rudolph would net the youth vote. The GOP smear campaign negated that. On the GOP side, George HW Bush actually gave his blessing to Dana Carvey on SNL.

This all points back, again, to whatever inferiority complex Trump carries within him as he approaches his 79th birthday on Flag Day next month. I know I've joked about his needed to meet with a psychologist, but the truth is, he definitely needs one to help him process his inner turmoil. Yesterday.

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