On a newsy Sunday evening, President Donald Trump declared that he is authorizing a 100% tariff on movies produced in foreign countries.

“The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

“It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands,” he added. “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”

Trump flew on Air Force One from Florida back to Washington, D.C., with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others on Sunday evening, according to the White House press pool.

On X, Lutnick responded to Trump’s directive, saying, “We’re on it.”

The Hollywood Reporter reported a number of expensive movies are being shot across the globe, including “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” and noted it was unclear if they would be impacted.

A little more than 100 days into his second term, Trump has unveiled a number of levies on foreign imports, most notably the “Liberation Day” tariffs last month which imposed a 10% rate on imports from many nations, with higher rates in some cases. Trump granted a 90-day pause, keeping only the base rate for most countries, but escalated China’s tariffs to 145% after Beijing’s retaliatory measures.

Trump answered questions from reporters during the flight back to the nation’s capital on Sunday. He noted there “could very well be” some trade deals announced this coming week.

While officials in the Trump administration have been working to negotiate deals to remedy what they say are grievous trade imbalances and other issues, Democrats and a couple Republicans in Congress have tried to rein in Trump’s tariff authority amid concerns about the economic consequences and constitutional checks and balances, but to no avail.

Also on Sunday evening, Trump announced that he was directing the federal government to reopen the Alcatraz prison.

President Donald Trump announced early Sunday evening that he was directing his administration to rebuild and reopen the notorious island prison Alcatraz, located just over a mile off the California coast near San Francisco.

Trump delivered the announcement in a post to his Truth Social platform, saying in part that he wanted to use the prison — once it was renovated and expanded — to help house criminal illegal aliens if the Democrats’ carefully-shopped district court judges continue to block his efforts to deport them.

“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump’s post began. “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering.”

“When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be,” he continued. “No longer will we tolerate these Serial Offenders who spread filth, bloodshed, and mayhem on our streets. That is why, today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.”

“We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and Judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals, who came into our Country illegally,” Trump concluded. “The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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Trump followed that with a photo of the island prison — known as “The Rock” — in its heyday.

The United States gained control of Alcatraz in 1848, and it was initially commissioned as a military installation by President Millard Fillmore. The construction of Fort Alcatraz was completed by 1858, and for 76 years, it was used primarily to house prisoners of war. From 1910 to 1912, prisoners rebuilt the entire prison — which was initially constructed out of wood — in concrete, at which point it was renamed “the Pacific Branch, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks for the U.S. Army.”

In 1933, the prison was transferred from the military to the Federal Bureau of Prisons — and from 1934-1963, “The Rock” was home to worst of the worst. Al Capone, “the Birdman of Alcatraz” (Robert Franklin Stroud), and George “Machinegun” Kelly were among those who spent time behind its walls.

In the 29 years that it was a functioning federal prison, 34 inmates attempted to escape. Of those, six were shot, 23 were captured, and 2 were confirmed to have drowned in the attempt. Five more were lost at sea and presumed to have drowned. Only one prisoner — John Paul Scott, in 1962 — successfully completed the swim to shore, but he collapsed under the Golden Gate Bridge due to hypothermia and was quickly recaptured.

President John F. Kennedy closed Alcatraz in 1963, arguing that it was too expensive to keep it open.