President Donald Trump announced that the United States will now put a 100% tax, called a tariff, on movies made in other countries. He shared the news on his social media site, saying that films creataed outside America are a danger to the country’s security.

In a move that sent shockwaves through Hollywood, Trump deemed foreign productions a “national security threat” to the American movie industry, adding that they not only draw filmmakers out to other markets but also bring “messaging and propaganda” into the United States.

Donald Trump said he was authorising the US Department of Commerce and Trade Representative to start the process to impose the levy because America's movie industry was dying "a very fast death"