BS BULLETIN:
- President Trump is urging Republicans and Democrats in Congress to create a federal tax incentive to bring movie and television production back to the United States.
- Sen. Adam Schiff responded with words rarely associated with Donald Trump: “I am in strong agreement with the President.”
- The unlikely agreement isn’t entirely out of left field — Schiff has been pushing his own federal film-production incentive as Hollywood jobs increasingly move overseas.
Politics has officially entered uncharted territory.
Adam Schiff agrees with Donald Trump.
Not grudgingly.
Not with seventeen qualifications and a three-paragraph explanation of why Trump is still terrible.
The California Democrat actually declared himself in “strong agreement with the President.”
Trump announced Monday that he wants Republicans and Democrats in Congress to work together on a federal production incentive designed to bring movie and television jobs back to America.
“Hollywood is a Complete and Total Disaster!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, arguing that production has increasingly fled the United States for countries offering more attractive financial incentives.
Trump said he had discussed the problem with actor Jon Voight, one of his Hollywood ambassadors, and that meetings were being arranged with Democratic and Republican leaders.
His proposed solution: Congress should move quickly on a nationwide incentive for productions made in America.
Then came the surprise.
Schiff reposted Trump’s announcement and wrote: “I am in strong agreement with the President.”
The man who served as lead manager during Trump’s first impeachment trial and has spent years as one of the president’s most prominent political adversaries. Schiff said Congress should immediately pass a federal film tax incentive to recover “good-paying jobs that we’ve lost to other countries.”
“Let’s work together — Republicans and Democrats — to get this done, and bring the movie magic back to America,” he added.
To be fair, Schiff didn’t suddenly wake up wearing a MAGA hat. He has been working on this issue for some time.
Schiff has advocated for a federal production incentive since last year and has been developing a bipartisan proposal that would help American productions compete against lucrative incentives offered overseas. His proposal has included a 15% credit tied to U.S. labor costs.
And there is a real economic problem behind the unusual political kumbaya. The Los Angeles Times reported that 45% of U.S. films and scripted television programs were shot internationally last year, compared with roughly 33% in 2022. Los Angeles alone lost approximately 42,000 motion-picture-sector jobs between 2022 and 2024.
Trump had previously floated a considerably more Trumpian solution — a 100% tariff on movies produced overseas. Hollywood studios and unions have instead pushed for federal incentives that could compete with those offered by Canada, Britain and other countries.
The Motion Picture Association is also applauding Trump’s latest approach. MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin called a federal incentive a potential “landmark step” toward bringing productions and jobs back to communities across the country.
So there it is.
Donald Trump. Adam Schiff. Hollywood. Bipartisan agreement.
If Nancy Pelosi and Marjorie Taylor Greene announce they’re splitting a beach house next, we’re calling an exorcist.
MY QUICK TAKE
Trump getting Adam Schiff to publicly say, “I am in strong agreement with the President” may be the most impressive special effect Hollywood has produced in years.
Now roll the credits before somebody ruins it.
I am in strong agreement with the President. 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.
Let’s work together — Republicans and Democrats — to get this done, and bring the movie… pic.twitter.com/adeBFYtbM3
— Senator Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) August 31, 2026
