Few living Hollywood stars have been household names for longer than Clint Eastwood, who has seen his career flourish into his 90s despite his alignment with the Republican Party.
Now, his son Scott is following in his footsteps, not only by becoming an actor but through his endorsement of American values through a new company he and a partner founded.
As Fox News reported:
Made Here, the brainchild of Eastwood and his friend and entrepreneur Dane Chapin, partners exclusively with American manufacturers to make, market and sell American goods. Their list of products includes hats, clothes and even Made Here beer.
“I think it’s really important to keep things domestic,” Eastwood told Fox News Digital. “That’s your neighbors, your people. You know you keep things in the system, people you live by. You know we live in one of the best countries in the world – we live in the best country in the world. And to be able to support that and American-made products are amazing.”
“You do it once, do it right,” he continued. “You make a product that’s really great, and you don’t need to have 1,000 — don’t need to rebury them, and have a bunch more if you have a real quality product.”
Eastwood — who is the spitting image of his famous father Clint Eastwood — and Chapin had been working on the concept for a few years before launching in 2019, hoping to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
“We were kind of disappointed that the manufacturing jobs — like we don’t make anything,” he said. “We’re just like consumers of stuff. I think we should make things. We used to make a lot of things in this country and I think it’s important to bring those jobs back.”
ADVERTISEMENTMade Here Beer makes “100% American beers for American beer drinkers,” according to its Instagram page, enlisting American suppliers.
President Donald Trump’s endorsement of tariffs on imported goods has sparked a renewed interest in American-made products:
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON FIRE 🔥
HE'S GOING TO BRING THE 21% TAX RATE DOWN TO 15% IF YOU MANUFACTURE YOUR PRODUCT HERE IN THE USA! pic.twitter.com/5qUpaFkhqO
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) September 25, 2024
Tariffs can be used as a strategic way to strengthen American businesses, the American economy, and bring in some revenue if people decide to make things overseas and try and sell them in the United States.@AndyPuzder pic.twitter.com/hdifT1jlyk
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) December 20, 2024
The CDS9 is built with 100% tool-steel components and 100% American made. (No worry about tariffs) pic.twitter.com/M1J5VtgBYi
— Kimber Firearms (@kimberamerica) December 11, 2024
THIS IS THE WAY!!
President Trump just announced that companies will have a 15 percent tax rate IF they make their products in AMERICA!!
This is the REAL America First agenda 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Rp02IUqJlY
— Ty’s Tough Talk🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (@toughtalkty) December 12, 2024
In 2019, Men’s Journal reported on the fledgling venture:
“For hundreds of years, ‘American-made’ has been synonymous with high quality,” said Eastwood in a press release. “It’s all the hard-working folks across the country that make our brand possible. I want to honor the iconic heritage of American manufacturing and let people know it’s very much alive and well. The essence of Made Here is really very simple: it’s to celebrate the excellence of the American worker.”
While Eastwood has been hard at work on launching Made Here, he hasn’t slowed down in his acting career. Eastwood has multiple projects coming up, including the Afghanistan war drama The Outpost with Orlando Bloom, and the crime thriller The Manuscript, where he’ll star alongside Oscar winner Jamie Foxx for director Nick Cassavettes.
Here’s how Eastwood introduced the brand the same year:
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