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Nippon Steel hires Mike Pompeo to advise on U.S. Steel deal
Reuters ^ | July 20, 2024

Posted on 07/20/2024 9:12:26 AM PDT by george76

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To: 9YearLurker

I agree. I was uneasy about Pompeo being included.


21 posted on 07/20/2024 10:33:52 AM PDT by JayGalt (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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To: The Old Hoosier

“We would be producing our own steel — with foreign investment in our country.”

Why does the premier country in the world need foreign investment to produce its own steel?

Who would be controlling the pricing?

“That’s a good thing.”

Why is it a good thing?

“I can’t imagine we’ll keep making steel in this country for long without that foreign investment.”

Why? Does Japan need foreign investment to make its own steel? Does China or India need foreign investment to make its own steel? Why does the United States, with the largest economy in the world, need foreign investment to make its own steel? Instead of selling off a critical manufacturing concern, would it not be better to see how the other countries are doing it?

“I don’t know enough about the details of this deal to know whether Nippon is the best buyer...”

So you are okay with selling off American industry to the highest bidder?

“...but this mindless opposition to foreign companies is such a self-own.”

You can’t reason. I said not a word about foreign companies in the United States.

But steel production is a matter of national security and continuation as an industrial nation.


22 posted on 07/20/2024 10:47:19 AM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg
Why does the premier country in the world need foreign investment to produce its own steel?

Maybe because all the US steel companies went broke or moved overseas.

23 posted on 07/20/2024 10:55:49 AM PDT by x
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Just say you support nationalization and be done with it. There’s no real need for you to pad your post with cute looking distraction words.


24 posted on 07/20/2024 10:55:55 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (We cannot vote our way out of these problems. The only way out is to activist our way out.)
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To: odawg

I think so too.


25 posted on 07/20/2024 11:02:19 AM PDT by vivenne
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To: george76

Well, with his extensive background in the steel industry, it’s a no brainer to put him on the board of your steel company. /s

Just another DC whore for sale to the highest bidder.


26 posted on 07/20/2024 11:35:17 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: george76

I was disappointed to see Pompeo speaking at the convention. I felt he belonged on the sidelines with the Bushes, Cheneys, and Pence. It was another sign that at least one part of the Deep State has made up with Trump and will be backing him, this time. And unfortunately, he needs that faction to win.


27 posted on 07/20/2024 11:39:39 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: george76

Hunter Biden not available?


28 posted on 07/20/2024 11:41:01 AM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: twister881

Citizen Free Press@CitizenFreePres
Tucker Carlson reveals the truth about Mike Pompeo.

‘Pompeo threatened to arrest me if I revealed the CIA killed President Kennedy. Pompeo also plotted to assassinate Julian Assange.’


29 posted on 07/20/2024 11:43:05 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: odawg

How much do you want to bet US Steel has unionized workers, and that’s probably why they need to selll.


30 posted on 07/20/2024 12:01:33 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: 9YearLurker

“He was always a Deep State/intel neoncon, and I was sorry to see Trump had him speak last week.”

Says someone who never met the guy.🙄


31 posted on 07/20/2024 12:13:49 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

No need to. We’ve got his own words:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-former-top-diplomat-pompeo-visits-kyiv-underscores-support-2023-04-03/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUAe35IunXc&ab_channel=WrongKindofGreen


32 posted on 07/20/2024 12:18:00 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: george76

Pompeo got less than a warm response on his address to the RNC convention. Im surprised he didnt get booed.


33 posted on 07/20/2024 12:49:16 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: twister881

He must have forgotten the oath he took to the Constitution when he was commissioned at West Point.


34 posted on 07/20/2024 12:54:36 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!s)
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To: george76
President Trump needs to keep that Deep State cuck as far away as possible. He's a Deep State mole and operative. If Tucker warns us, you best take that warning to the bank.

35 posted on 07/20/2024 12:55:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Fine. Foreign vulture capitalists should just be allowed to buy American companies, strip the assets, and move production out of the country instead. Anything else is communist and gay.


36 posted on 07/20/2024 1:26:05 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: george76

HIS SPEECH was PATHETIC!


37 posted on 07/20/2024 1:37:58 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: 9YearLurker

NO.... IT EXPOSED WHAT A POS HE WAS!!


38 posted on 07/20/2024 1:39:04 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: george76

scratch off pompeo from Trump’s future administration ...


39 posted on 07/20/2024 3:26:56 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: odawg
Why does the premier country in the world need foreign investment to produce its own steel?

Because we are no longer “the premier country in the world.”

40 posted on 07/20/2024 5:39:34 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Ain't it funny how the night moves … when you just don't seem to have as much to lose.”)
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