No mention that the reason President Trump created tariffs was because other countries were dumping products into the US to support their industries, at the expense of US producers.
However, I bet the “big guy” is, or wants to be, buddies with the company that would profit from this, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland-Cliffs_Inc.
This is the old AK Steel, Which came about because of the Japanese effort to destroy American industry. Referred to as Armasaki by the locals. It was previously Armco.