Jon Voight is speaking out about the tariff plan he said he presented to President Trump, saying the commander in chief is aiming to return Hollywood to a previous era through levies on international films.

"He wants us to be the Hollywood of old,” the "Midnight Cowboy" star said of Trump in an interview with Variety published Wednesday.

“This shouldn’t be political," added Voight, 86.

"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," the Academy Award winner said.

Voight's remarks came on the heels of

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