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Trump declares his trade war: targets steel, aluminum (Original Post) pbmus Mar 2018 OP
doesn't that mean higher prices fro all of us? duforsure Mar 2018 #1
It's all Hillary's fault! ollie10 Mar 2018 #2
Yes it will NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #3
IRONY ALERT! I'm old enough to remember when Cheetolini was caught using CHINESE steel fleur-de-lisa Mar 2018 #4

fleur-de-lisa

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4. IRONY ALERT! I'm old enough to remember when Cheetolini was caught using CHINESE steel
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 03:22 PM
Mar 2018

in his shitty hotel buildings.

Donald Trump Uses Foreign Steel in His Buildings - October 6, 2016

https://www.cwa-union.org/news/donald-trump-uses-foreign-steel-in-his-buildings

Donald Trump doesn't build with steel or aluminum produced by U.S. workers. Instead, he spends millions of dollars on building supplies in China.

A Newsweek investigation revealed that "[Donald] Trump has been stiffing American steel workers on his own construction projects for years, choosing to deprive untold millions of dollars from four key electoral swing states and instead directing it to China – the country whose trade practices have helped decimate the once-powerful industrial center of the United States."

The report found that in at least two of Trump's last three construction projects – his Las Vegas hotel and his hotel in Chicago – Trump opted to purchase his steel and aluminum from Chinese manufacturers rather than U.S. corporations based in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. It concludes that Trump "is not someone who ever attempted to lead by example by only buying products made in America."

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