{"id":2431595,"date":"2025-05-06T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tariffs-will-beat-greedy-hollywood-teamsters\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:08:55","slug":"trump-tariffs-will-beat-greedy-hollywood-teamsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tariffs-will-beat-greedy-hollywood-teamsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tariffs will beat &#8216;greedy&#8217; Hollywood: Teamsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-tariffs-will-beat-greedy-hollywood-teamsters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2431595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses Teamsters President Sean O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s support for President Donald trump&#8217;s proposed tariffs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slaps-100-tariff-on-foreign-made-films-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump slaps 100% tariff on foreign-... ...s - Washington Examiner\">foreign-made films<\/a>. O&#8217;Brien views these tariffs, intended to impose a 100% tax on films produced outside the U.S.,as a means to bring Hollywood jobs back to the country.He argues that foreign incentives lure filmmakers away from the U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >adversely affecting local workers<\/a>. O\u2019brien emphasized the importance of bipartisan efforts to improve job conditions for American workers in the film industry, which has recently seen strikes related to labor disputes. He also suggested that film studios should be incentivized to produce domestically while suggesting that any additional costs could be managed by accepting smaller profit margins. Notably, actor Kirk Cameron endorsed the tariffs as a positive step toward increasing U.S. film production. Although the White House has stated that no final decision has been made regarding the tariffs, they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-republican-party-votes-to-approve-rules-for-party-run-caucus\/\" title=\"Nevada GOP approves rules for party-led caucus.\">actively exploring options<\/a> on the matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump tariffs will beat &lsquo;greedy&rsquo; Hollywood: Teamsters president Sean O&rsquo;Brien<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2114972\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O&rsquo;Brien applauded President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> planned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> on foreign-made movies, suggesting they will pave the way for Hollywood jobs to return stateside.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced on Sunday that he would seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3400585\/trump-slaps-tariff-on-foreign-made-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">implement a 100% tariff on all films &ldquo;produced in foreign lands,&rdquo;<\/a> stating that other countries are offering &ldquo;incentives&rdquo; to draw filmmakers away from the United States. O&rsquo;Brien, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0pDnocISOKc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention<\/a>, stated that &ldquo;working bipartisan&rdquo; is meant to improve the lives of all U.S. workers. He stated the president&rsquo;s tariffs are relevant to the Teamsters&rsquo;s mission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3401868\/c-span-seven-year-effort-streaming-giants\/\">C-SPAN&rsquo;s 7-year effort to secure a spot on streaming giants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3401680\/walmart-pride-apparel-mocked-cringe-viral-tiktok\/\">Walmart&rsquo;s Pride apparel mocked as &lsquo;cringe&rsquo; in viral TikTok ahead of Pride Month<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3401168\/what-we-know-newark-airport-delays-staffing-shortages\/\">What we know about the delays at Newark airport caused by staffing shortages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We represent hundreds of thousands of people in this industry, who went on strike against these big corporations, still &mdash; even though the strike is over &mdash; still want to go back to work,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien stated on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America Reports<\/em>, referring to the writer&rsquo;s and actor&rsquo;s strike of 2023. &ldquo;But they&rsquo;re sending movies and productions over to Paris based on New York. Why aren&rsquo;t they bringing Paris to New York? And there&rsquo;s a reason for it: because these greedy corporations get cheaper rates over in Europe and all these foreign nations, and we&rsquo;re suffering for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2923458&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c78079edb8453a0b050305404c83aa5f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien continued by encouraging the Trump administration to place tariffs on film studios and require them to film in the U.S., offsetting the extra cost of doing so by taking &ldquo;a little bit less on your bottom line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The state of Hollywood was also lamented by O&rsquo;Brien, as he suggested that Tinseltown is now focused on &ldquo;the bottom line of a balance sheet&rdquo; over the creativity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the film industry<\/a>. He also argued there is &ldquo;no reason&rdquo; why film studios should not be incentivized to film in the U.S., and that those wanting to film outside the country should &ldquo;pay a price&rdquo; based upon tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien acknowledged that Trump would always face resistance for anything he proposes, even if what he proposes is &ldquo;good for this country.&rdquo; As such, he is focused on looking beyond differing opinions with lawmakers in a bid to return jobs in the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3402208\/trump-newsom-film-tax-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NEWSOM LOOKS TO TEAM UP WITH TRUMP ON FEDERAL FILM TAX CREDIT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actor Kirk Cameron has also spoken favorably of Trump&rsquo;s tariffs on the film industry, stating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3401578\/kirk-cameron-ai-aid-hollywood-avoiding-trump-film-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">it is &ldquo;a great idea&rdquo; <\/a>that should increase film production in the U.S. Cameron also suggested that artificial intelligence and computer-generated imagery could aid Hollywood in avoiding these tariffs, claiming &ldquo;you really don&rsquo;t really have to go anywhere&rdquo; to make movies that are set in foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Kush Desai stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/white-house-clarifies-trump-movie-tariff-1236207216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">there has been no final decision regarding details of the film tariffs<\/a>, but did say the Trump administration is &ldquo;exploring all options&rdquo; on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2114972\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2114972\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teamsters&#8217; Sean O\u2019Brien supports Trump&#8217;s tariffs on foreign films<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2431596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sean-OBrien-Hollywood-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9168,4361,50406,19459,3634],"class_list":["post-2431595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-economy","tag-hollywood","tag-tariffs-2","tag-teamsters","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sean-OBrien-Hollywood-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431595"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431599,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431595\/revisions\/2431599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}