President Donald Trump’s push to save Hollywood isn’t going over well with the people who usually cheer him on.
On Friday, Trump took to Truth Social to promote the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act. He bragged that he is working on the bill with a bipartisan group that includes “believe it or not, Senator Adam Schiff,” along with Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock, Alex Padilla, Mark Warner, Chris Coons and Dick Durbin.
Schiff, then a congressman, was the lead House manager in Trump’s first impeachment trial in 2020. Trump has spent years calling him “Shifty Schiff.”
“Hollywood, and so many other places, have been virtually ‘emptied out’ by the Tax Incentives, and much more, given by other Countries,” Trump wrote. “It was MADE IN AMERICA, and must STAY IN AMERICA.”
He also pointed out that “so much of the money being lost to other countries is coming out of the Blue States,” and closed with “MAKE OUR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY GREAT AGAIN!”
His base wasn’t buying it. The post drew more than 2,200 replies, and many of the loudest came from his own supporters. They told him Hollywood was the last thing they wanted him focused on a week and a half after Republicans got hammered in the midterms.
Robyn, who posts as “AMERICAN4TRUMP,” wanted Trump’s attention on a different bill.
“I want the Save America Act, not this BS for Hollywood!” she wrote, with an angry emoji. Her reply got nearly 1,000 likes.
The SAVE America Act is the Republican voting bill that would require proof of citizenship and photo ID, and it has become a rallying cry on the right since the election.
MAGAMimi, who calls herself a “MAGA Constitutional CONS.” and Trump the “DJT-GOAT!” in her bio and regularly reshares Gateway Pundit, went further.
“I couldn’t care less about Hollywood and the pukes that hate you! This is priority? We have far more important things to worry about... like this stolen election!” she wrote. “I’m livid with you right now! Your base is livid, I’m hearing it everywhere I go!”
Gerry Blau, who recently reshared a meme demanding that officials “RECOUNT THE VOTE” because “THESE NUMBERS ARE UNREALISTIC!”, made clear that Trump’s Democratic partners were a dealbreaker.
“If the demoncrats you name support it, I’m against it,” he wrote. “F--- hollywood and the immoral s--- they manufacture. They disgust me.”
A user who goes by Katie, whose display name includes “WWG1WGA,” the QAnon slogan, and whose bio proudly notes she’s been “ReTruthed by President Trump,” said the president misread his own people.
“Your base is not interested in Hollywood because of the filth they have produced for decades!” she wrote. “They have used their films and TV programming to help destroy this country! ... Look at the trash Disney puts out! Most of us absolutely despise Hollywood!”
David Koven, who goes by “RealDeaconDavid” and whose pinned post is a string of hashtags including #MAGA, #AmericaFirst, #WWG1WGA and #PassTheSaveAmericaAct, aimed at Trump’s staff.
“I don’t really care about this. And I’m not even a tiny bit sorry,” Koven wrote. “I think whoever in team Trump, who advised you to put this message out, should be fired. Bad move - my response proves this.”
Zodiac12, who reshared Trump’s post ordering Vice President JD Vance to focus on “Democrat run Cities and States,” turned the president’s priorities back on him.
“Why is the entertainment industry more important to dumocrats than safe and secure voting? What a joke on us,” the user wrote.
Jack Moore, whose feed includes reshares of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) urging Republicans to kill the filibuster to “PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,” offered Trump some advice.
“Hollywood will come back much more quickly if they produce movies that Real Americans want to watch,” he wrote.
Trump has spent years fixated on saving the film industry. In 2025, he threatened a 100 percent tariff on movies made outside the United States.