Posted on 01/28/2026 3:13:41 PM PST by SmokingJoe
🚨 JUST IN: In a devastating blow to the "experts," US steel production now EXCEEDS JAPAN for the first time in nearly 30 YEARS as a result of President Trump's tariffs
US is now third globally to China and India
THIS IS HUGE!
We love Japan, but USA must be number 1! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Good, maybe now we can get wood screws that the head doesn’t break off every other one.
But..but..but..so many “I’m smarter than you” FReepers told us tariffs would blow up inflation and backfire.
Im guessing the CNBC headline will be “Why the US overtaking Japan in steel production is bad for Americans”.
Yaaay! It’s nice not being dead last in every economic category under Democrats, for a change.
I would prefer USA 1 and Japan 2
“””Im guessing the CNBC headline will be “Why the US overtaking Japan in steel production is bad for Americans”.”””
It’s clearly racist.
He’s done other things to make it easier to do business in the United States.
Racist?
Yeah ...
It’s also sexist, homophobic, islamophobic, xenophobic, hydrophobic, and anybody who supports it is a poopyhead ...
Excellent. Now we need a big upsurge in shipbuilding capacity. That’s another critical industry we never should have allowed to all but die. We can currently only build 2 new attack submarines per year which isn’t enough to replace our old ones which are nearing the end of their service lives. We need to at least double our production rate for those.
Increased demand + 25% tariffs on imported steel = 30% increase in steel prices, increased US steel production and increased US steel industry employment. Tariffs on Canadian steel were higher, significantly hurting Canada’s steel industry. A few manufacturing sectors have benefitted from the tariffs (steel, aluminum, automotive, textiles, semiconductors), but overall manufacturing is down. Some manufacturers might be sitting on the fence waiting for SCOTUS to rule on the legality of these tariffs. A good ruling from SCOTUS could bring some manufacturing back onshore.
Not CNBC.
NYT.
Except that “U.S. Steel” production is “Nippon Steel” production:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-us-steel-nippon-steel-golden-share-0bda2cf3c6de313206b481be0baf78cb
This is great but I am stunned that we had fallen to 4th place.
President Trump basically saved the US steel and aluminum industries - not just onee but twice.
And, add this:
“The latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) number for the United States is an increase at an annual rate of 4.4 percent in the third quarter of 2025. This reflects strong growth driven by consumer spending, exports, and government spending.”
No, those were never Trumpers. They always do their thing around here no matter what.
Don’t let the Democrat Communist Party reverse this.
You misspelled NeverTrumpers.
Follow John Konrad on X. He’s been hammering the shipbuilding and sealift topic for 20+ years, is a newly credentialed Pentagon reporter. Indy media. Extraordinarily knowledgeable in this area.
Dang autocorrect
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