Yesterday was D-day, with that in mind comprehend that this country doesn’t make enough steel to recreate that feat; not even a tenth of what is needed. BTW aluminum production is pathetic.
When America was building the ships for the invasion and the supply of England the builders were not stopped by anti-pollution laws, unions were neutered during the war, and businessmen were not considered the most evil of the evil. Now the EPA practically lives in the steel mills that are left, the unions are willing to sacrifice the entire nation to protect their wages and businessmen are subjected to constant and unrelenting propaganda war against them, their economic roles and their characters.
There is no wonder why so much of our industry has been driven out of the country only why there is anything left at all. None of this is the result of free trade.