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Donald Trump announced on TruthSocial the immediate launch of a process to impose a 100% tax on all foreign-produced films entering the US.

According to him, the American film industry is in decline, saying, «WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!».

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The president justified his request to the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative, asking them to deal with the issue without delay, claiming that he believes it poses a threat to national security.

Donald Trump’s statements, describing the offshoring of Hollywood productions as a threat to national security, are aimed in particular at cities like Dublin in Ireland, but are also a major new attack against Canada.

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Production centers like Montreal and Toronto have been attracting U.S. studios for years, thanks to generous tax credits available to foreign film and TV productions.

According to CNN, the imposition of 100% tariffs on films produced abroad is likely to further complicate the situation for Hollywood studios, since a significant proportion of American productions are made outside the USA.

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Reducing production and labor costs by shooting overseas has become all the more crucial for Hollywood since the pandemic, which dealt a heavy blow to theatrical revenues.

Rio de Janeiro police have arrested two people suspected of planning a forward at Lady Gaga’s free mega-concert on Copacabana beach.

BREAKING: Brazilian police say they thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga’s historic concert that drew an estimated 2 million people to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday: cnn.it/3SkMpE0

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-05-04T15:18:03.606Z

A third person, allegedly planning to carry out a « satanic ritual » during the singer’s concert, has also been arrested as part of the investigation to identify other accomplices involved in the attack.

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While Gaga was performing for free in front of nearly 2.1 million people, neither she nor her team knew that the event was being targeted by two individuals posing online as fans.

They were trying to recruit others to carry out a forward attack targeting the LGBTQ+ community with improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails.

Police kept information about their investigation, dubbed « Operation Fake Monster », secret until the arrests were made, to avoid mass panic or distortion of the facts that could have compromised the investigation.

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According to CNN, the suspects belonged to an online hate group that sought to radicalize young people by disseminating content linked to hate crimes, self-harm, violence and pedophilia.

Brazilian police also claim to have foiled several planned crimes on the dark web in the weeks leading up to the Gaga concert, with no direct link to the event, but suggesting that the group targeting the concert was also active on these underground networks.