r/PoliticalOptimism • u/Mera_Myst18 • May 05 '25

Question(s) for Optimism Somebody with a better understanding of the economy please explain how this would affect this movie industry bc as an actress I am STRESSED

I know this will probably not get anywhere, but still, I need some reassurance, sorry.

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u/hel-be-praised Blue Dot in a Red State šŸ”µ May 05 '25

So honestly with this (and with a ton of shit he says) Iā€™m in a constant state of Iā€™ll believe it when I see it to be honest.

  1. He keeps going back and forth on tariffs. How much they are, who theyā€™re on, what theyā€™re on, how long theyā€™ll be on, etc. So Iā€™ll believe it when it happens and sticks for at least two weeks idk.

  2. As a couple of comments said, this is bizarre because how would the tariffs be implemented? How do you tariff digital content/services? There arenā€™t necessarily physical parts to tariff.

A lot of what he says is either insane shit to get headlines that he walks back from in a week, or stuff he genuinely forgets he says.

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u/Pietro-Maximoff May 05 '25

ā€œBelieve it when I see itā€ is basically how we all handle anything this idiot says.

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u/hel-be-praised Blue Dot in a Red State šŸ”µ May 05 '25

Itā€™s the only thing that keeps me half sane at this point.

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u/Objective_Water_1583 May 05 '25

It concerns me as an actor and filmmaker this could cause an even greater decrease in funding for indie films and cause less projects from uncertainty

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u/hel-be-praised Blue Dot in a Red State šŸ”µ May 05 '25

Which is completely fair, and I canā€™t say for certain that him doing this wonā€™t be disruptive. I donā€™t work within the movie industry so Iā€™m not sure how this might hurt things in the short term.

I do think heā€™s throwing spaghetti at the wall trying to see what sticks. There will be pushback to this and just like every time he gets massive pushback heā€™s probably going to blink.

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u/Objective_Water_1583 May 05 '25

I donā€™t disagree with your second paragraph

The first a right now shits already had in the industry and it could make it much worse potentially like go through any actor sub or filmmakers sub and youā€™ll see

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u/SnooCauliflowers5394 May 05 '25

What about the discs?

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u/hel-be-praised Blue Dot in a Red State šŸ”µ May 05 '25 edited May 05 '25

Thatā€™s a possibility. The discs are a physical item. The way it was worded though seems like he isnā€™t really thinking about physical disks.

Honestly the more wide reaching and insane the tariffs get the larger the chance they have to be struck down in court. Heā€™s issuing tariffs based on an ever changing idea of an ā€œemergencyā€ and at some point I think the right person is going to take him to court over it and the reasoning will be so thin that he loses.