Johnny Depp appeared to mock Donald Trump's tariffs in San Diego on 23 July, staying in full Ebenezer Scrooge character as he quipped about 'putting tariffs on the gate' while promoting his new film Ebenezer at Comic-Con's Gaslamp Quarter off-site installation.
For context, the surprise stunt unfolded outside a temporary 'Scrooge & Marley' storefront set up by Paramount to plug Ebenezer, a dark new spin on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Depp, buried under ageing prosthetics and Victorian garb, turned what could have been a routine promo stop into something closer to street theatre, folding a pointed political aside into his performance.
