Thanks for the false alternative. I’m in favor of market priced (i.e. cheap) steel. If we have to import it then so be it, but why exactly does that have to be the case?
You really do not understand what this incoming administration is all about do you?
Remember Trump’s Boeing tweet? He’s not going to let any company take advantage of us
There are some things that a country is expected to do for its people to be self-sustaining: 1) be able to feed them, and 2) be able to defend them.
If we were to ever get into a shooting war with China, for instance, where the cheap steel comes from, then what happens if they cut off our supply of steel that goes into making the planes, tanks, and arms that it takes to fight a war?
We need to sustain a strategic industrial base that includes mining for ore, drilling for oil, and manufacturing durable goods, so that we can continue to produce in the event that the world embargoes us during a conflict.
-PJ