Mass. business owner ‘excited’ about Trump’s new steel tariffs [Video]

BEN. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE BIG U.S. STEEL MILLS THAT SMELT THE CARBON AND IRON INTO STEEL. THIS IS WHAT’S KNOWN AS A STEEL FABRICATOR. IT TAKES THAT RAW STEEL AND TURNS IT INTO PRODUCTS THAT BUILDERS CAN USE. AND THE OWNER HERE IS EXCITED ABOUT TARIFFS. WORKERS GRIND, CUT AND WELD HUGE STEEL BEAMS INSIDE CAPONE IRON CORPORATION IN RALEIGH, THEN SHIP OUT THE BEAMS TO BE USED IN BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES ALL ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF STEEL IS GOING OVER TO MASS GENERAL. OWNER STEPHEN CAPONE EMPLOYS ABOUT 80 PEOPLE AT THIS PLANT AND ANOTHER IN BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE. BUT HE SAYS THOSE PLANTS COULD TRIPLE THEIR PRODUCTION IF NOT FOR COMPETITION FROM CANADA. THE CANADIANS, ESPECIALLY FROM QUEBEC, ARE TAKING 95% OF OUR PUBLIC JOBS. THEY’RE TAKING 80% OF OUR PRIVATE MARKET. THEY HAVE CREATED A MONOPOLY. SO WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED …