{"id":2652613,"date":"2026-08-31T20:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T00:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-demands-federal-tax-incentives-to-fix-hollywood-disaster\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T00:27:57","slug":"trump-demands-federal-tax-incentives-to-fix-hollywood-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-demands-federal-tax-incentives-to-fix-hollywood-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump demands federal tax incentives to fix Hollywood &#8216;disaster&#8217;"},"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\">18<\/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-demands-federal-tax-incentives-to-fix-hollywood-disaster%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=2652613&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>President Donald Trump has urged Congress to pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-attempts-to-lure-coal-country-to-go-green\/\" title=\"Fuel land is urged to&quot; come green&quot; by biden.\">federal tax incentives<\/a> aimed at revitalizing the U.S. film industry, which he believes is struggling due to competition from other countries like Canada. After meeting with actor Jon Voight, whom he praised as a &#8220;special ambassador&#8221; for Hollywood, Trump emphasized that these incentives could bring entertainment jobs back to California and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-on-palestinian-terror-attack-against-israel-paid-for-by-joe-biden-and-the-democrats\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz blames Joe Biden and Democrats for Palestinian terror attack on Israel.\">generate significant revenue<\/a> for the Treasury. He called for bipartisan cooperation to swiftly enact legislation that would include a 20% labor credit and prioritize U.S. personnel. Trump, who has a background in entertainment and has previously warned about Hollywood\u2019s decline, also mentioned plans for meetings with congressional leaders and potential legislation as early as September. He highlighted that Hollywood is experiencing a \u201cdisaster\u201d despite its historical significance and stressed that federal support could restore and enhance America&#8217;s film and TV production industry.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump <\/a>on Monday pressed Congress to pass federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\">tax breaks<\/a> to revive the U.S.\u2019s film industry, after speaking with his \u201cspecial ambassador\u201d to Hollywood, actor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3289905\/trump-recruits-gibson-stallone-voight-hollywood-envoys\/\">Jon Voight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump revealed he had a \u201cgreat\u201d meeting with the \u201cfantastic\u201d Voight <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/117192406705033763\">in a post<\/a> to Truth Social. The president expressed concern that Hollywood is losing ground to Canada and other countries, and argued new federal tax incentives could bring the industry back to California. The amount of funds spent on tax breaks for the film industry to bring back \u201centertainment jobs\u201d will be made up \u201ctenfold by the money pouring into\u201d the Treasury Department\u2019s coffers, Trump claimed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4707244\/trump-congress-tax-incentives-hollywood-jon-voight\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump demands Congress pass tax incentives to fix Hollywood \u2018disaster\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4705401\/joe-concha-slams-jill-biden-calling-joe-biden-heroic\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Joe Concha slams Jill Biden for calling Joe Biden \u2018heroic\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4705038\/nashville-airport-could-be-renamed-in-honor-of-dolly-parton\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Nashville airport could be renamed in honor of Dolly Parton<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am going to suggest that Republicans and Democrats get together, and immediately craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television, and Entertainment Business in America. Congress should approve, immediately, a Federal Production Incentive to create Entertainment Jobs in America,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMeetings are being set up with the Leaders of both Parties in order to get this done. It should be Bipartisan, especially since so much money is being lost in California, and other largely Blue States,\u201d he added. \u201cIt can be done quickly, accurately, efficiently and, importantly, will benefit ALL of America. What we watch on the Silver Screen should be made in what was once the Movie and Motion Picture Capital of the World. Let\u2019s get this done!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of Congress are working on legislation that could be introduced as soon as September, <em>Politico<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/29\/jon-voight-trump-hollywood-deli-01055219\">reported<\/a> over the weekend.\u00a0The federal production incentive being discussed would be <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stackable atop states\u2019 incentives<\/a>, and include a 20% credit for labor both in front of and behind the camera, with a mechanism requiring that the vast majority of the work would go to U.S. personnel, according to the outlet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before becoming president, Trump had a long background in the entertainment industry, starring in his hit reality TV show <em>The Apprentice<\/em> and making cameo appearances in several popular films.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since assuming office, the president has often warned about Hollywood\u2019s struggles, appointing Voight and others to examine what can be done to revitalize Hollywood, and last year threatened to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3400585\/trump-slaps-tariff-on-foreign-made-films\/\">slap a 100% tariff<\/a> on all foreign-made films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4703532\/trump-order-rename-lake-ontario-where-does-change-apply\/\"><strong>TRUMP SIGNED AN ORDER TO RENAME LAKE ONTARIO TO LAKE AMERICA \u2014 WHAT TO KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voight has met with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) over the matter, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-pete-buttigiegs-new-electric-suv-was-made-in-mexico\/\" title=\"ALERT: Pete Buttigieg...s New Electric SUV Was ... in Mexico\">federal tax credit<\/a> to incentivize production companies <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3433753\/newsom-hollywood-ambassador-jon-voight\/\">emerging as a topic of discussion<\/a> last June.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHollywood is a Complete and Total Disaster! Despite the name, it is getting very little work. There is no incentive to be there, and it is hurting California very badly,\u201d Trump reiterated Monday. \u201cJon, and many others in the Industry, are suggesting we do Federal Tax Incentives in order to Make our Movie and Television Production Business GREAT AGAIN, perhaps GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urges Congress to pass film industry tax breaks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2652614,"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\/2026\/08\/AP26239628690579.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4164,84944,4361,84945,3634],"class_list":["post-2652613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-disaster","tag-federal-tax-incentives","tag-hollywood","tag-tax-policies-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26239628690579.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652613","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2652613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652617,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652613\/revisions\/2652617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2652614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2652613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2652613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2652613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}