Why Trump is unleashing new tariffs hours before a US government shutdown

A major principle of Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection campaign was to “flood the zone” – in effect, do so much all at once that his critics can’t get a handle on what’s going on. This week is a good example of this. He’s announced fresh tariffs pointing in multiple directions, gone after YouTube, and all the while a government shutdown is looming. Let’s take a look first at these new tariffs. First off: a swingeing 100 per cent tariff on films made abroad and distributed in the US. Trump announced the news on his Truth Social platform, where he said that the US filmmaking business has been stolen from the US like stealing “candy from a baby”. The president says that the levy will “revive” Hollywood. Read the full story here 👇 https://www.cityam.com/trump-launches-fresh-tariffs-on-road-to-government-shutdown/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam