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Old 05-07-2025, 10:20 AM   #2981
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So how exactly is Trump’s ridiculous movie tariff plan supposed to work? Is a big blockbuster like Mission Impossible going to be tariffed since it films in locations all over the world? Or is it exempt because it’s an American production?

Or is it supposed to be a blanket tariff that applies to all movies that film in another country even if it’s an American/Hollywood production? Would it just be on foreign made films? As per usual, I don’t think the orange dips*** has thought any of this through.
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You can't tariff a movie lmao.
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Old 05-07-2025, 10:24 AM   #2983
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what if your film is set in a different country? lol

World War 2 films.. sorry you will have to film it in New Jersey.
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Y'all are falling into the rationalization trap again. You do what Trump says or you pay. Make it all in America or pay. It's that simple.
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what if your film is set in a different country? lol

World War 2 films.. sorry you will have to film it in New Jersey.
Reminds me of Stanley Kubrick making the backlots at Pinewood Studios in England look like Vietnam (Full Metal Jacket) and New York (Eyes Wide Shut).
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Reminds me of Stanley Kubrick making the backlots at Pinewood Studios in England look like Vietnam (Full Metal Jacket) and New York (Eyes Wide Shut).
Dont forget the Moon Landing! That was incredible!
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Old 05-07-2025, 12:06 PM   #2987
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Reminds me of Stanley Kubrick making the backlots at Pinewood Studios in England look like Vietnam (Full Metal Jacket) and New York (Eyes Wide Shut).
I just found that out a while ago and went back to rewatch, had no idea. I think they used a huge old refinery for some of the bigger location shoots.
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Old 05-08-2025, 11:15 AM   #2988
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I just found that out a while ago and went back to rewatch, had no idea. I think they used a huge old refinery for some of the bigger location shoots.
I believe it was an old gas works.
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Old 05-08-2025, 11:49 AM   #2989
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Ah, wasn't even aware of the difference!

A refinery processes crude oil into various petroleum products like gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, while a gasworks (or natural gas processing plant) purifies and processes natural gas, extracting liquids and refining them into usable fuel gas and other products like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
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Old 05-08-2025, 11:59 AM   #2990
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Taco Bell does the same thing.
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Ah, wasn't even aware of the difference!

A refinery processes crude oil into various petroleum products like gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, while a gasworks (or natural gas processing plant) purifies and processes natural gas, extracting liquids and refining them into usable fuel gas and other products like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
The particular gasworks that was used as a movie set was actually built to manufacture gas from coal. It operated from the late 1870s to the 1970s.
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Old 05-12-2025, 07:24 AM   #2992
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90 day truce with China.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...rade-war-trump
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lol truce. Until it’s time to play stock market games again.
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Summed up...
In exchange for getting nothing from China, the US agreed to remove the gun theyve pointed at their own head. The US will continue to have the gun aimed at their own foot.
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Old 05-23-2025, 06:11 AM   #2995
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Well, Trump announced that he is “recommending” a 50% tariff on the EU this morning because talks with them are going nowhere. This would start June 1. At this point markets are down about 1.5%.
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I’m sure there was no preemptive selling by anyone in a position where they were familiar with the matter.
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I’m sure there was no preemptive selling by anyone in a position where they were familiar with the matter.
There was a tweet I saw where someone had bought a huge put position yesterday. These things are hard to prove, but that seems like perfect timing!
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Meh. Awful bond auction would've been a good reason anyhow.
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Well, Trump announced that he is “recommending” a 50% tariff on the EU this morning because talks with them are going nowhere. This would start June 1. At this point markets are down about 1.5%.
Also announced was a ?new? 25% tariff on iPhones made outside the USA.

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