national security provision. it s hard for the administration to argue that canada and europe is a threat to our national security when we re importing products from them. so they re republicans traditionally the party of free trade want to limit his ability to actually carry out these economy damaging tariffs. it s been fascinating to listen to some companies claim they re trying to get exceptions and what a bureaucratic mess it is. and then the lobbying from the american steel producers against other american companies from getting exemptions. this is a white house that it sort of he came into power by saying he s going get rid of bureaucra bureaucra bureaucracy. it s going to take a huge reporter: thousands of applications for extensions or withdrawals from exemptions from those tariffs. thanks, my friend. the trump administration has one week, one week to meet a
yes, i think all of these concerns are overblown, like trade war and all the rest of it. but regardless, these tariffs are essential. so in anyway, stephen, could these tariffs help resuscitate the u.s., you know, steel industry, if that is a goal? maybe that s what you say, you know, the heart in the right place. yes. is that the intention? it is the intention. look, i agree with gordon is it possible? i want america to regain our industry might. i do want a vibrant steel industry. i want us to produce aluminum. i want us to produce cars. the manufacturing sector of the american economy is coming back big time. we ve created already a quarter million new manufacturing jobs since trump was president. so that s good. look, i think that american steel producers can compete on a level playing field. it s so interesting, i mean, ronald reagan put in steel import tariffs. so did bush. other parentresidents have. it s never really worked.