Hogan Gidley to Newsmax: Steel Deal Fulfills Another Trump Promise

President Donald Trump’s announcement of a $14 million deal between U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel, along with 50% tariffs on steel imports, is “huge” as it is the fulfillment of another campaign promise, former deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told Newsmax on Sunday.

“Only in Washington, D.C., would it be kind of unique for someone to run on an issue, win on an issue, and then implement the very policy that got them elected in the first place,” Gidley told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “Trump wants to remake the American economy to improve the lives of all Americans, not just for today and for tomorrow, but for generations to come.”

Other countries have been taking advantage of the United States for too long, and Trump “fixed a lot of this in his first term,” but former President Joe Biden “wrecked everything for four years,” said Gidley.

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