juan: president trump moving ahead with sweeping new tariffs on steel and aluminum, sharply at odds with many in his own party. strong stealing and aluminum industry are vital to our national security. absolutely vital. steel is still pretty don t have steel coming out of the country. the american steel and aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it s really an assault on our country. it s been an assault. the actions we are taking today are not a matter of choice. they are a matter of necessity for our security. juan: the proclamations exclude canada and mexico, possibly other nations as well down the road. some republicans like ben sasse argue tariffs will kill american jobs and hurt our economy. do you agree, congressman? jason: ethically need to give the president a lot of latitude on this. the status quo is not necessarily working for us.
but we ve cut more than any president in hisly. so we re urging all companies to buy american. that s what we want. buy american. the action that i m talking today follows a nine-month investigation by the department of commerce, secretary ross, documenting a growing crisis in our steel and aluminum production that threatens the security of our nation. also is bad for us economically and with jobs. the american steel aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it s really an assault on our country. it s been an assault. they know better than anybody. other countries have added production capacity that exceeds demand and floods the mark with cheap metal that is subsidized by foreign governments and
much. and we have a long way to go on regulations. but we ve already cut more than any president in history. we re urging all companies to buy american. this is what we want. buy american. the action that i m taking today follows a nine-month investigation by the department of commerce, secretary ross, documenting a growing crisis in our steel and aluminum production that threatens the security of our nation. and also is bad for us economically and with jobs. the american steel aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it is really an assault on our country. it has been an assault. they know better than anybody. other countries have added production capacity that far exceeds demand. and flooded the world market with cheap metal that is subsidized by foreign governments, creating jobs for
mnuchin and ambassador lighthizer and secretary ross, peter navarro, mike pence, our great vice president. they ve worked so hard on getting this going and getting it done and people are starting to realize how important it is. we have to protect and build our steel and aluminum industries. while at the same time showing great flexibility and cooperation toward those that are really friends of ours. both on a trade basis and a military basis. a strong steel and aluminum industry are vital to our national security. absolutely vital. steel is steel. you don t have steel, you don t have a country. our industries have been targeted for years and years. decades in fact. by unfair foreign trade practices, leading to the shuttered plants and mills.
for more, joining me now, nbc news political reporter benjie starlin. benjie, good to see you. what s he going to do next? well, steve bannon is heading back to breitbart, the conservative publishing empire that he ran before joining the trump campaign, and he s made it clear he s going to drive the same ideological agenda he tried to push in the white house from there. the question is whether in doing so he s supporting trump or aggressively undermining members of the trump administration and possibly eventually trump himself. so that s going to be the big tension moving forward in terms of his role. does he do a trump on trump? does he say one thing publicly and something different privately? well, steve bannon seems to be at some degree what you see is what you get. he s been clear about his ideological views. he s very skeptical of multiculturalism, especially when it comes to religion. he wants a specific agenda on aggressively confronting foreign