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President Donald Trump traveled to Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate a deal he once vowed to oppose - Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel’s long-announced plans to buy iconic American steelmaker US Steel.

“We’re going to be so successful. You have just, you have just started, you watch, we’re here today to celebrate a blockbuster agreement that will ensure this storied American company stays and American company, you’re going to stay in American company,” Trump said at a US Steel plant just outside of Pittsburgh, before an audience of steelworkers in hard hats and safety vests.

And he also announced he is increasing the tariff on imported steel from 25% to 50%.

“The people here understand the word tariff, you understand it better than the people on Wall Street,” he told the steelwo

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