He's been in the steel business for many years. His father started it. And he said, sir, I want to kiss you. I said, why? He said, because We were down to working one hour a week, and then you came in and imposed tariffs, and all of that foreign junk that they were dropping into our country stopped. And we're now going to double shifts seven days a week, and we may be very soon going to 24 hours around the clock, almost seven days a week. (18:26–18:36)
CLAIM
Asserts that the imposition of tariffs stopped the influx of foreign goods and improved business operations.
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