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Donald Trump: “Steel plants are going up because of [the tariffs].”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Trump's Speech on Revitalizing the American Coal Industry

Published | Video Starts at 28:14

I mean, we just didn't use them of any monumental proportion. And so we are doing it now. We have tariffs on cars, we have tariffs on lumber, tariffs on steel and aluminum. Steel plants are going up because of [the tariffs]. it. All over the country, we have 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum and the steel. I think the steel workers like me even more than the coal miners like me. (28:14–28:17)

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Asserts that new steel plants are being built due to the tariffs.

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