Trump Hollywood Ambassador Jon Voight Warns We Can't Let Hollywood Go 'down The Drain Like Detroit'

Jon Voight is taking his domiciled arsenic typical ambassador for Hollywood seriously. 

The "National Treasure" prima met pinch President Donald Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago successful Florida complete nan play conscionable earlier nan president announced 100% tariffs connected filming overseas. 

"It’s travel to a constituent wherever we really do request help, and convey God nan president cares astir Hollywood and movies," Voight told Variety this week. "He has a awesome emotion for Hollywood successful that way. We’ve sewage to rotation up our sleeves here. We can’t fto it spell down nan drain for illustration Detroit."

Trump appointed Voight on with Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone arsenic Hollywood ambassadors successful January soon aft taking office, referring to it arsenic a "great but very troubled place." 

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Jon Voight met pinch President Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago successful Florida complete nan play conscionable earlier nan president announced 100% tariffs connected filming overseas. (Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images)

"They will service arsenic Special Envoys to maine for nan intent of bringing Hollywood, which has mislaid overmuch business complete nan past 4 years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!" he wrote connected Truth Social astatine nan time. "These 3 very talented group will beryllium my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, for illustration The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!"

Voight told Variety nan extremity was to "give group backmost their dignity and their jobs," without going into specifics astir nan plan, adding, "Something has to beryllium done, and it’s measurement past time."

Although immoderate successful nan manufacture person reacted negatively to nan tariffs proposal, Voight said he’s been getting affirmative feedback. 

Jon Voight has been a Trump protagonist since his first campaign.  (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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"We’ve gotten a batch of bully consequence from people," he added. "We’re really rolling up our sleeves and working. I deliberation we person a bully plan, and we’re conscionable beginning. This small squad of excavation has worked very difficult to effort to fig retired things. The national group and producers springiness their expertise and knowing to this problem, and we’re moving together. A batch of group had a batch of input and we’re listening to everybody."

Voight said nan studios person taken advantage of financial incentives to sprout abroad. 

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"Every workplace has a batch of smart people, and they person maneuvered nan write-offs and nan gifts that are being fixed retired passim nan world to lure group to different countries," he told Variety. "They return advantage of them. Now we’re saying, ‘Hey, we person to person that here.’ Let’s person nan level playing field. But really, we request much than that. We request to beryllium competitive."

President Donald Trump appointed Sylvester Stallone, left, Jon Voight and Mel Gibson arsenic typical ambassadors to Hollywood successful January.  (Getty Images)

Voight besides said he thinks that some he and Trump person been treated unfairly by those successful nan manufacture who thin left. 

"But what’s nan difference? Who cares?" he said. "I mean, there’s been a battle, but now it’s clip to put that aside. And I must say, successful each of nan interactions we’ve had [on addressing runaway production], authorities has ne'er travel up. Never."

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"This shouldn’t beryllium political," Voight added. "I don’t cognize nan governmental identities of nan group we’ve talked to. We’ve talked to a batch of group here. I don’t separate them connected their statement affiliation. And If we tin travel up pinch [a scheme that tin beryllium executed], he’ll backmost us. He wants america to beryllium nan Hollywood of old. If we each travel together, I judge we person a agleam future."