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“Steel” said in 36 of 138 transcripts, 250 times.
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Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…bi-—and we haven't even started yet. That's only for cars and steel. We actually haven't—have barely started. The economy is roaring, business confidence…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times
…invested 10 cents if we didn't have tariffs—including for manufacturing American steel, which is doing great. American steel is doing great now, because of…
…wouldn't have—if I didn't put tariffs on steel—they were dumping steel. China and a lot of other countries were dumping steel in our…
…I didn't put tariffs—I put 25- and 50-percent tariffs on steel. Right, John James? We put tariffs on steel, and we were doing…
May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 56 times
…the proud Pennsylvania patriots who are the heart and soul of U.S. Steel. Thank you very much. That's great. Oh, you're going to be happy…
…of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it belongs. For generations, the name "United States Steel" was synonymous with greatness, and now it will again be synonymous with…
…this whole thing—during my first term, as we call it—U.S. Steel President Dave Burritt. Dave, thank you very much, wherever you may be…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I just tapped his shoulder. It's like I hit a piece of steel. Guy is in good shape. There's a reason—you know, there's always…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…are taking in right now 25 percent on cars, 25 percent on steel and aluminum, 25 percent on other things. And that will be going…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…on, that are our tariffs; and it doesn't include tariffs on cars, steel, aluminum, things such as that; or tariffs that may be imposed on…
…we already have. Because, remember, we're already getting the 50 percent on steel and different things. That's not included in these numbers. So you can…
…think they want the deal very badly. Again, this doesn't include the steel tariffs that—I put on a long time ago that Biden tried…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…base, appropriate export controls, and protections for key technologies and industries like steel. Steel is a big factor. Both countries will become stronger with steel…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…apply your great skills that you've learned and had to forging the steel and pouring the concrete of new American factories, plants, shipyards, and even…
…who blazed the trails, won the games, tilled the fields, forged the steels, built the ships, and gave us the victories that built America and…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…José is investing $21 billion, including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana—which is a beauty; I saw a picture of…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…of our country, I've imposed 25-percent tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel. It's keeping our steel mills going. I did that. If I didn't…
…with steel in the first—my first term, we wouldn't have a steel mill in the United States right now, and everybody knows it. I…
…who laid the railroads, worked the factories, tilled the field, forged the steel, fought the battles, and won the victories that built the Motor City…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…better than even, because of the tariffs on cars and aluminum, and steel. We have tariffs 25 percent on cars, aluminum, and steel. And there's…
Apr 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…percent from the automobile industry—from autos. We're getting 25 percent for steel, 25 percent for aluminum, and we're getting the baseline of 10 percent…
Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…mean, I think we're going to view it separately. We want U.S. Steel to remain in the hands of the United States and people from…
…respect for Japan, but we don't want a foreign country buying U.S. Steel. U.S. Steel was one of our great companies of the world. When…
…they're working on it very hard—I have great respect for Nippon Steel; I know a lot about it—but we can—they can invest…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…go a lot higher in some of the industries. So we have steel mills right now that are raging. The steel industry was gone. If…
…put the tariffs on steel—because China was dumping massive amounts of steel in my first term, and I put tariffs on it. I saved…
…maybe like never before. I mean, if you go back to U.S. Steel from 90 years ago, it was incredible. It was the number one…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…that we're doing—as you know, we have tariffs on automobiles, aluminum, steel—separate from the other tariffs—"the baseline," we call it— companies are…
…when you put a tariff on them, they sell it, like with steel. They were dumping tremendous amounts of steel into our country during my…
…50 percent, and it stopped. It stopped. They were dumping so much steel, we would have lost every single steel mill. The people that like…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…We have tariffs on cars. We have tariffs on lumber, tariffs on steel and aluminum. Steel plants are going up because of it all over…
…country. We have 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum. And the steel—I think the steelworkers like me even more than the coal miners…
…I'm pretty sure that that's true. We have—instead of having no steel business, I put them on—originally, in my first term, we would…
Apr 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and it's like Jell-O. And now it's like—now it's like steel, all these guys. But, Max, that's great. And also, Yoshi Yamamoto. Yoshi…
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…going to build our future with American hands, with American heart, American steel, and we're going to build it with American pride, like we used…
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…country I don't think—I'm not sure that they've ever seen it. Steel—you know, we have tariffs on steel. They've been here for a…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…tariff on lumber. We, as you know, have a tariff already on steel and on aluminum of 25 percent, and we're taking in tremendous amounts…
…just heard from Nucor, which is a big company—a very big steel company—and they're building a massive—a massive plant for steel that…
…they make their cars here, they are thrilled. Same thing with the steel industry. Steel industry is now paying a 25-percent tariff, as you…
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…What a great honor. Vice Chairman Jae Chang. Jae, thank you. Hyundai Steel President Seo Gang Hyun. Thank you very much. President, that's big stuff…
…investment in American manufacturing. In particular, Hyundai will be building a brandnew steel plant in Louisiana, which will produce more than 2.7 million metric…
…will be major expansion after that. This will be Hyundai's first-ever steel mill in the United States—one of the largest companies in the…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…place to build. And we have many car companies coming here. The steel mills are going to be booming—going to be booming. And many…
…there are certain things you have to have. You have to have steel. We would have had—if I didn't do, in my first term…
…the onslaught, because they were dumping steel in order to destroy our steel plants—if I didn't do 50 percent and even 100 percent, in…
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…loves it. And it's very safe. It's very strong, heavy. It's all steel—stainless steel. But the cars themselves—so what is this one, Elon…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…also imposed a 25-percent tariff on foreign aluminum, copper, lumber, and steel, because if we don't have, as an example, steel and lots of…
…person from Decatur, Alabama. Jeff Denard has been working at the same steel plant for 27 years in a job that has allowed him to…
…and gave us countless modern wonders sculpted out of iron, glass, and steel. We stand on the shoulders of these pioneers who won and built…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…happy with Canada, either. I imposed 25-percent tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum. And I will soon impose reciprocal tariffs on any country…
Feb 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times
…most of the permits—almost all of the permits. You're talking about steel and aluminum? So the steel—I saved the steel industry in my…
…term by putting on tariffs, because China was dumping massive amounts of steel—others also, but mostly China. And I put very substantial—we took…
…dumping stopped. And had I not done that, you wouldn't have one steel mill—I think I can say—not one steel mill operating in…
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…Now this doesn't include what we did a few days ago with steel and aluminum. That's over and above this. Cars will be over and…
…They are in love with it. As you know, in Pennsylvania, U.S. Steel is through the roof. They're all through the roof. That's why I…
…to do great. But I think maybe more than anybody else, the steel companies and aluminum companies, they're in love with what's happened. And this…
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…haven't charged them. And, as you know, I just did something on steel and aluminum: 25 percent—that will go up at some point—but…
…Obama was—Obama was very weak, and Biden was even weaker on steel. The steel was just absolutely—it really started with Obama. The world…
Feb 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…is another way of saying we're doing a 25-percent tariff on steel and aluminum. So the failed American trade policies have led our once…
…were being pummeled by both friend and foe alike. Our Nation requires steel and aluminum to be made in America, not in foreign lands. We…
…We're going to be doing others on other subjects, topics. Protecting our steel and aluminum industries is a must. And today I'm simplifying our tariffs…
Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…didn't because he heard I wasn't going to. I don't want U.S. Steel being owned by a foreign country. They can have—not a controlling…
…mind—I don't mind an investment in a company, but—especially U.S. Steel. U.S. Steel, for 15 years, was the greatest company in the world…
…we'll have a news conference Tuesday or Wednesday. We'll also be announcing steel tariffs on Monday. On Monday, yes. Tomorrow. Everybody. Steel. Yes. Any steel…
Feb 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…with the President—the Prime Minister. Japan. They wanted to buy U.S. Steel. I said: "I can't let you buy it. I can't. I cannot…
…know, other company, you want to buy it, it's okay. But U.S. Steel was one of the greatest companies in the world. For 17 years…
…weeks ago, they came in to see me—the people from U.S. Steel, with some Japanese representatives. And I said: "I can't let you have…
Jan 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…of February. And we're going to put a lot of tariffs on steel. We have—already have tariffs on steel, and we've saved our steel…
…what it will be. But we're going to be putting tariffs on steel and aluminum and, ultimately, copper—the copper will take a little bit…
…quickly. It will mean—it will be a great boost for our steel industry. It will make our steel industry very strong. If I didn't…
Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…going to look at chips, semiconductors. And we're going to look at steel and some other industries, and you're going to see things happening. If…
…thoughts. What's not to like? But I'll also be placing tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper and things that we need for our military. Things…
Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…of tariffs. And if I didn't do that, you wouldn't have a steel mill open in the United States right now. You wouldn't have one…
…in the United States. So what I did is, I saved the steel industry. I saved other industries too, with other tariffs. Other countries are…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…leave them. And if we didn't leave them, you wouldn't have one steel mill that's open in this country, because they were dumping massive amounts…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…You know, they have things for concrete. So they needed very hardened steel, very special steel. And then, they did 7,000-pound concrete inside…
…inside that steel. And then they have a rebar that's the toughest steel made, very hard to cut. So this is why very little is…
…up in the air in 30-feet sections, 50-foot sections, all steel, all concrete, all everything, and all—by the way, they don't even…