Trump calls on Congress to pass film and TV tax incentive

President Trump urged Congress on Monday evening to “immediately” approve federal tax incentives for movie and TV production.

In a Truth Social post , the president said he had met earlier in the day with actor Jon Voight and that the pair discussed the movement of film industry jobs out of the U.S. to other countries.

“Jon, and many others in the Industry, are suggesting we do Federal Tax Incentives in order to Make our Movie and Television Production Business GREAT AGAIN, perhaps GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!” Trump wrote, adding that meetings on this issue are being scheduled with “Leaders of both Parties.”

“It should be Bipartisan, especially since so much money is being lost in California, and other largely Blue States,” the president continued. “I am going to suggest that Republicans and Democrats get together, and immediately craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television, and Entertainment Business in America.”

Major U.S. film hubs like Los Angeles have lost movie and TV production to countries like Canada due to rising production costs and taxes.

“There is no incentive to be there, and it is hurting California very badly,” Trump wrote in his Monday post, referring to film production in the state of California.

A report released this year from Otis College of Art and Design found that California lost 14 percent of its creative jobs — most of which were concentrated in the film industry — between 2022 and 2025. The report’s authors cited a lack of funding for these roles and structural changes within this industry as the factors driving this change.

Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff (Calif.) supported the proposed tax incentives in a social media post on Monday, writing that he was “in strong agreement with the President” on this issue.

“Congress should immediately take up and pass a federal film tax incentive to bring back these good-paying jobs that we’ve lost to other countries,” Schiff wrote. “Let’s work together — Republicans and Democrats — to get this done, and bring the movie magic back to America.”