And we need it. We need it even for defense, if you think. I mean we need it for defense. We need great steelmakers, great aluminium makers. Connell since then some countries have threatened to retaliate and theres some concern from the president s own party that the move could have a negative effect on the economy. No trade war has ever worked. We dont want to make america 1930 again. And forgotten men and women of america dont want to be drafted into a trade war. Connell Molly Henneberg picks up the story now live from washington. Whats the latest . President trump intends to sign an executive order next week adding a 25 tax to imported steel and a 10 tax to imported aluminium. In part to counter other countries such as china overproducing steel and dumping it on to the u. S. Market. President trump says hes trying to save the American Steel industry and to fight back against an 800 billion dollars trade deficit. The president tweeted today, quote, the United States has an 800 billio
Buyers, greater power to seize guns from the mentally ill and tighter age limits for buying rifles like the one used in the shooting at a high school in parkland florida. The nras top lobbyist pushed back on some of those proposals thursday night following a meeting with the president and Vice President , tweeting, quote, we all want safe schools, Mental Health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. Potus and vpotus support the 2nd amendment, support strong due process and dont want gun control. Joining the panel this week wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor Dan Henninger and columnist kim strassel and bill mcgurn. Bill, is the president finally breaking what he calls the gridlock on gun control . Well, it depends on which President Trump you mean. The President Trump that sort of said we could do away with due process and do a lot of things grab the guns first . Right, or the president after he met with the nra lobbyists and seemed to walk back some of his thi