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Famed director Wes Anderson made a mockery of Donald Trump at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday over the president’s proposal to impose 100% tariffs on movies made outside the United States.
“Can you hold up the movie in customs? I feel it doesn’t ship that way,” quipped Anderson, igniting laughter at a press conference for his upcoming film “The Phoenician Scheme.”
Anderson — an American filmmaker known for iconic movies like “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” — notably shot part of his latest film in Germany last year prior to its world premiere at Cannes on Sunday.
Earlier this month on Trump’s Truth Social platform, the president blasted Hollywood studios for shooting films overseas due to tax incentives, describing such moves as “a National Security threat” while announcing his plan.
Anderson, when first asked about the president’s proposed tariffs at his movie presser, replied, “I thought you said he was giving us a plug or something. Did Trump see it?”
He proceeded to dig into the plan, calling the proposal “fascinating” because he’s “never heard of a 100% tariff before.”
“I’m not an expert in that area of economics but I feel that means he’s saying he’s going to take all the money and then what do — what do we get?” Anderson said.
“So it’s complicated to me.”
He later concluded that he wanted to “hold off” on his “official answer” until he gets more details on Trump’s plan.
Wes Anderson in #Cannes mocks Donald Trump's plan for movie tariffs.
“The tariff is interesting because the 100% tariff, I’ve never heard of a 100% tariff before. I’m not an expert in that area of economics, but I feel that means he’s saying he’s going to take all the money and… pic.twitter.com/QPieiBu7jn
Despite actor Jon Voight — one of Trump’s “special ambassadors” to Hollywood — coming to the defense of the president’s plan, other big names, including Whoopi Goldberg and Robert De Niro, have sharply criticized the proposal.
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Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” — which reportedly saw an over-seven-minute-long ovation at Cannes this weekend — is backed by a star-studded cast including Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson and more.
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