Trump Pushes Bipartisan Bill to Bring Hollywood Back Home

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to rally support for bipartisan legislation aimed at bringing film and television production back to the United States. It was his first post after the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop of all flights.

The president urged Congress to pass the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act. The bill would provide a 20% to 30% rebate on domestic labor costs for films and television shows produced in America.

Trump said he was working with Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and, “believe it or not,” Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California. He also named a long list of lawmakers from both parties, including Republican Sens. John Cornyn, Steve Daines, Bernie Moreno, Tim Sheehy, Thom Tillis and Katie Britt, and Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock, Alex Padilla, Mark Warner, Chris Coons and Dick Durbin. Reps. Jason Smith, Nathaniel Moran, Brian Jack and Linda Sanchez were also on the list.

The president argued that Hollywood has been “emptied out” by tax incentives offered by other countries.

“It was MADE IN AMERICA, and must STAY IN AMERICA,” Trump wrote. He said the entertainment industry has largely moved to Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and elsewhere, but that actors, producers and crews want to come back home.

Trump said everyone from actors and producers to blue-collar crew members would benefit if the bill passes. He promised that the money spent on the tax incentives would be made up “tenfold” by revenue flowing into the Treasury.

The president also stressed that the effort crosses party lines, noting that much of the money being lost to other countries is “coming out of the Blue States.” He said meetings are being set up with the leaders of both parties to get the bill done, and he ended the post with: “MAKE OUR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY GREAT AGAIN!”

Trump was meeting with actor Jon Voight, a longtime supporter, when the post went out. Voight made a passionate case for the federal incentive during the meeting, and the post was sent while he was still in the room.

The president’s call drew a quick response from across the aisle. Schiff wrote on X, “President Trump and I agree: it’s time for Congress to pass a federal film incentive.” He added that Congress should not wait until Democrats take over in January to act.

The post came hours after the FAA ordered the ground stop Friday afternoon, citing “extraordinary circumstances” after communication problems hit air traffic control centers. When Trump posted, he had not yet made a public statement on the ground stop, which had delayed more than 10,000 flights. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin addressed the public and said the outage was not a terrorist attack.

The FAA lifted the ground stop later Friday evening.