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Longtime steelworker torches Trump's red state plant announcement as election-year stunt
What happened
RawStory reports that veteran Illinois steelworker Doug May dismissed President Donald Trump’s announcement of a proposed $15 billion steel plant in Lee County, Iowa, as “political pandering.” Trump said construction had already begun, but KWQC-TV found no disclosed site, major property purchases, permits before county supervisors, or plans shared with county officials. Production was not expected until 2030.
The project was previously associated with Minnesota. Mesabi Metallics’ parent company, Essar Global, proposed a plant there in 2007, but its Minnesota subsidiary entered…
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