"California built the film industry — and we're ready to bring even more jobs home. We've proven what strong state incentives can do," Newsom's post on X said. "Now it's time for a real federal partnership to Make America Film Again."
The film industry has taken multiple hits in recent years, notably the COVID pandemic in 2020 and the Hollywood strikes in 2023. Production has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels since experiencing a 22% drop in the first quarter of 2025 from 2024 levels.
Last year, Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass proposed an increase in California's annual film tax credit from $330 million to $750 million.
President Trump shakes hands with California Governor Gavin Newsom as he speaks to the press after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton wildfires. MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty ImagesHe said the American film industry has been "decimated" by other countries and the "grossly incompetent" Newsom, which he said caused the film industry to "abandon" the U.S. But he vowed that "we'll get it back." He said he'll be meeting with some film industry executives to "make sure they're happy with" the prospective tariffs.
"A little train going from San Francisco to Los Angeles that's being run by Gavin Newscum, the governor of California. Ever heard of Gavin Newscum?" Mr. Trump said. "That train is the worst cost overrun thing I've ever seen. ... It's hundreds of billions for a stupid project that should've never been built."
"And Gavin, you know, I always like Gavin, had a good relationship with him," he said.
"I just got him a lot of water. I sent in people to open up that water, because he refused to do it," Mr. Trump said. "If they would have had that water and if they would have done what I said to do, they wouldn't have had the fires in Los Angeles, those fires would have been put out very quickly,"
"I don't think you can realize how rough it is, how devastating is until you see it," Mr. Trump said at the time. "I mean, I saw a lot of bad things on television, but the extent of it, the side of it, we flew over it in a helicopter. We flew to a few of the areas, and it is devastation."
"I'd love him to run for president on the other side. I'd love to see that, but I don't think he's going to be running because that one project alone, well, that and the fires and a lot of other things pretty much put him out of the race," he said.
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