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Trump Ballroom Project Uses Donated European Steel, NYT Reports
ArcelorMittal is donating $37 million in European-made steel as the administration argues the ballroom project is needed for safety and national security.
- On Wednesday, The New York Times reported the White House secured $37 million in donated foreign steel from ArcelorMittal for the $400 million ballroom project, raising questions about the administration's "America First" policies.
- The steel arrived shortly before the White House halved tariffs on Canadian and Mexican automotive steel exports; officials dismissed any connection as "tenuous," citing ArcelorMittal's domestic investments in Alabama and Minnesota.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom mocked the decision by highlighting his state's first new steel plant in 50 years, while Minnesota Democrat State Senator Grant Hauschild criticized outsourcing "one of the most iconic American buildings."
- Construction remains halted after U.S. District Judge Richard Leon granted a preliminary injunction in March, ruling that the $400 million project must stop until Congress authorizes it.
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Trump’s use of foreign steel for ballroom a ‘gut shot’ for laid-off Minnesota miners
The New York Times on Wednesday, April 8, reported that the president accepted a $37 million donation of steel made in Europe. It comes as more than 600 Iron Range miners have been laid off for a year.
Minnesota lawmaker rips White House for using foreign steel on ballroom project
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Minnesota lawmaker who represents the Iron Range is criticizing the Trump Administration for using foreign steel on construction of the White House ballroom project. Democratic Sen. Grant Hauschild of Hermantown called the move a “disgrace.” “We’re seeing foreign steel used in one of the most iconic buildings in the world while Iron Range mines sit idle and hundreds of our steelworkers are out of work,” Hauschild …
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
White House secures foreign steel for ballroom project
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has championed the U.S. steel industry, promising to strengthen it and to impose stiff tariffs on foreign metals to shield manufacturers from overseas competitors.
Revealed by the New York Times, this gift of ArcelorMittal surprises, while Donald Trump has made the protection of the American steel industry a priority.
Duluth News Tribune
Pine JournalTrump’s use of foreign steel for ballroom a ‘gut shot’ for laid-off Iron Range miners
WASHINGTON — Steel made from iron ore mined on Minnesota’s Iron Range built this country — from skyscrapers, to bridges and equipment used in both world wars. But President Donald Trump won’t be using it in the White House’s new ballroom. Instead, Trump accepted a $37 million donation in foreign steel from Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the New York Times reported Wednesday. “I didn’t believe it at first,” said Al King, president of United Stee…
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