Johnny Depp Jokes About Trump’s 50% Canada Tariffs at Comic-Con
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 24
Johnny Depp Jokes About Trump’s 50% Canada Tariffs at Comic-Con
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 24
Summary
Johnny Depp made a surprise San Diego Comic-Con appearance Thursday as Ebenezer Scrooge, slipping in a joke about Donald Trump’s tariffs during an in-character performance.
Footage showed Depp tearing garlands from a mock 1880s Christmas village gate and riffing, “You’re paying tax on it being there” and “Putting tariffs on the gate,” drawing laughter from the crowd.
The gag landed days after Trump revived a trade fight by using a nearly 100-year-old tariff law to impose 50% levies on a range of Canadian goods, despite the Supreme Court striking down some broader tariffs earlier this year.
Paramount-backed Ebenezer marks Depp’s first major American studio film since his 2022 legal battle with Amber Heard; the Ti West-directed cast includes Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Grint and Ian McKellen.