Donald Trump announced that he raised foreign tariffs on steel imports to 50% as he celebrated a "big-splash" deal for Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. steel during a rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump, surrounded by orange tough guys, announced a tariff increase in the tariffs in a US steel mill in West Mifflin, claiming that the dramatic hike would "further secure the U.S. steel industry."
"No one will fix this," Trump said. The news comes a day after the federal appeals court temporarily allowed Trump's tariffs to move forward, a declaration that remains a ruling by the U.S. Trade Court, which prevented the president from performing his duties.
In his speech, Trump said that Japanese investment will once again make American steel manufacturers “are synonymous with greatness” and include “ensure that all steel workers can keep working and all facilities in the United States will remain open and thriving” – prompting the crowd to start a round of “America!”. carol.
Few details were released publicly, but Trump told the steel workers in attendance that “there is a lot of money that will be on your way.”
"What you're going to say is, 'Please, sir, we don't want that success. sir, that's too much.'
Trump is "completely opposed" the American rivals that Japan's steel bid for, after insisting that he is "completely opposed" to the "partnership" between Japan and the U.S. steel giants.
The president also asserted that the agreement ensures that U.S. steel will remain under U.S. control.
Trump constitutes the administration's promotion of domestic steel production to "not only a matter of dignity, prosperity or pride" but "most importantly national security issues."
When the job "melt, melted like butter," he accused "decades of Washington's betrayal, incompetence, stupidity and corruption" to hollow out the steel industry that once was the United States.
"We don't want the future of the United States to be built with fake steel from Shanghai. We want it to be built with the strength and pride of Pittsburgh," he said.
In his speech at the U.S. Steel Factory, Trump also repeated many false claims that have become a feature of his rally, including lies that the 2020 election was stolen. He lost his temper at a 2024 victory, and his ears signaled the assassin's bullets to sweep him at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last year, which he said proved that higher powers were monitoring him.
He also called on Congress to pass his “a big and beautiful bill”, urging residents to push their Republican congressmen and senators to support the bill.