Trump Hollywood ambassador Jon Voight warns we can't let Hollywood go 'down the drain like Detroit'

Jon Voight is taking his role as special ambassador for Hollywood seriously The National Treasure star met with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida over the weekend just before the president publicized tariffs on filming overseas It s come to a point where we really do need help and thank God the president cares about Hollywood and movies Voight described Variety this week He has a great love for Hollywood in that way We ve got to roll up our sleeves here We can t let it go down the drain like Detroit Trump appointed Voight along with Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone as Hollywood ambassadors in January soon after taking office referring to it as a great but very troubled place PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOLLYWOOD AMBASSADOR JON VOIGHT ROLLS OUT PROPOSAL TO MAKE HOLLYWOOD GREAT AGAIN They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries BACK BIGGER BETTER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE he wrote on Truth Social at the time These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears and I will get done what they suggest It will again be like The United States of America itself The Golden Age of Hollywood Voight informed Variety the goal was to give people back their dignity and their jobs without going into specifics about the plan adding Something has to be done and it s way past time Although chosen in the industry have reacted negatively to the tariffs proposal Voight reported he s been getting positive feedback LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS We ve gotten a lot of good response from people he added We re really rolling up our sleeves and working I think we have a good plan and we re just beginning This little unit of mine has worked very hard to try to figure out things The union people and producers give their expertise and understanding to this predicament and we re working together A lot of people had a lot of input and we re listening to everybody Voight reported the studios have taken advantage of financial incentives to shoot abroad CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Every studio has a lot of smart people and they have maneuvered the write-offs and the gifts that are being given out throughout the world to lure people to different countries he communicated Variety They take advantage of them Now we re saying Hey we have to have that here Let s have the level playing field But really we need more than that We need to be competitive Voight also announced he thinks that both he and Trump have been treated unfairly by those in the industry who lean left But what s the difference Who cares he commented I mean there s been a battle but now it s time to put that aside And I must say in all of the interactions we ve had on addressing runaway production politics has never come up Never CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP This shouldn t be political Voight added I don t know the political identities of the people we ve talked to We ve talked to a lot of people here I don t distinguish them on their party affiliation And If we can come up with a plan that can be executed he ll back us He wants us to be the Hollywood of old If we all come together I believe we have a bright future