During his historic first term as President of the United States, Donald Trump put America first with a paradigm shift on trade policy. As President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico, our president made clear that “if companies move to the United States, there are no tariffs!!!” In recent days, President Trump declared in his joint address to Congress that “tariffs are about making America rich again.”
Having travelled our nation with President Trump as his chief of staff, let me tell you that he will never stop fighting for American manufacturing workers. As the Trump administration works to stop the flood of fentanyl and illegal immigration from Canada and Mexico, President Trump also recognizes that there is a flood of foreign aluminum and steel surging into our country.
In 2018, President Trump imposed the Section 232 aluminum and steel tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. In February …