They’re presenting as if the point of contention is whether or not this is a bad idea, but in this case that’s a meaningless question to ask.
This idea isn’t bad, it’s nonsense.
There’s literally no such thing as a tariff on movies; it’s not something that is even possible even if it were legal.
Tariffs are taxes on the import of goods; no goods are being imported when a movie is filmed in another country, so there’s nothing you can charge a tariff on.
So, this is a case of Trump demonstrating that he has no idea what tariffs even are.
Reporters aren’t reporting on that at all, though… they’re just taking it as a given that Trump’s threats are coherent and then looking for counter arguments using that as a given.
The result is that they completely miss the biggest part of this story; Trump has no idea what tariffs actually are.
I feel silly now for not realizing that was a stage name.
I straight up thought her actual name was "Whoopi".