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Whoopi Goldberg launched into a tirade against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, complaining that his recently-announced tariff on films made outside the United States amounted to an attempt to control the kind of movies that could be made.

Goldberg and her cohosts mocked TrumpÆs latest tariff announcement ù a 100% tariff on movies made outside the United States ù and kicked off the conversation by saying that Trump should deal with the egg prices (which have come down considerably since they peaked in March) before he worries about Hollywood.

ôOkay, look,ö Goldberg began. ôYou canÆt do that because what that equates to is youÆre going to tell me how to write the story I want to write if it
happens in Europe, youÆre telling me that if my book comes out and I want to write it, youÆre telling me how to write it. YouÆre telling me youÆre going
to charge me for that.ö

ôWhat û you know, I ù could you, look, ughhhhhh. Could you please lower the price of eggs before you start this?!ö she continued.

WATCH:

Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin mocks the idea of making
some movie in America ôWill it be Emily in Paris, Texas?ö Sara
Haines notes that TrumpÆs tariff threat has already caused
California to want to increase incentives to film there.

Whoopi continued to rage: ô[I]f youà pic.twitter.com/UGP6c2jMUE

ù Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 6, 2025

Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin noted that some states were already competing to bring in filmmakers, noting that Georgia had effectively become ôthe
Hollywood of the southeast because they make it cheaper to make movies
there.ö She then pivoted to mock the idea anyway, asking whether ôEmily in Parisö would be remade as ôEmily in Paris, Texasö ù ôor like æWhite Lotus: Mar-a-Lago Edition.Æ Movies will be very limited if you can only shoot here.ö

Sara Haines noted that Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) had already moved to increase incentives for filmmakers to practice their craft in California, arguing that TrumpÆs plan could potentially bring about a positive outcome.

Goldberg pushed back, arguing that it would ultimately hurt movies if the tariff remained in place. ôYou canÆt shoot æGladiatorÆ without going to
Rome!ö

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