During a rally in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania on Friday, President Trump spoke about the merger deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon.
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00:00Thank you very much everybody. It's a great group of people and he did have a
00:04lot of courage and he's not that big it's like okay I said Rocky I've had you
00:08up to here but boy does he have a heart right hearts it's all about the heart
00:13also Senator Dave McCormick who had a great election victory and he sends his
00:19regards he's he's trying to get a certain bill through that's going to
00:23give you the largest tax cuts in history and we got to get it done so thank you
00:28to Dave he's been great perhaps most importantly let me thank the tough
00:33hard-working members of the United States Steelworkers Local 2227 and the
00:40United States Steelworkers Local 1219 and the United States Steelworkers Local
00:471557 you people are amazing and look what you've been able to do look what
00:53you've been able to do this is a big deal today this is a big deal you know I
01:01have to tell you about Nippon they kept asking me over and I kept rejecting and
01:06no way no way no way and after about four times I said you know these people
01:12really want to do a great thing they want to they really want it and they're
01:16putting up you know billions of dollars and they're going to do this plant and
01:20other plants and it's great and you're going to have control you're going to
01:24maintain control and nobody would put up money like that and every time Dave I
01:30think you'll say every time they came in the deal got better and better and
01:34better for the workers because I didn't give a damn about anybody else if you
01:37want to know the truth and the rest of them they'll take care of themselves but
01:43for the workers and I have no doubt that Nippon and Dave and everybody else we're
01:49all working together they're not going to be in Washington I'm going to be
01:51watching over it and it's going to be great but there's unbelievable spirit for
01:57what you're doing and I'm telling you you're going to find out that the great
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