It was another week filled with endless wins for the American people under President Donald J. Trump.
Here are only a few of the many victories from the past week:
President Trump brought home an American citizen wrongfully detained in Russia and another American detained in Belarus — the tenth and eleventh hostages freed since he took office.
Michael McFaul, U.S. Ambassador to Russia under President Obama, reacted to Marc Fogel』s release and said: 「Hallelujah! Fantastic news! Praise be to President Donald Trump … This is just fantastic news for anybody who cares about patriotic Americans.」
President Trump restored a 25% tariff on steel imports and elevated the tariff to 25% on aluminum imports to protect these critical American industries from unfair foreign competition.
The Steel Manufacturers Association released a statement applauding 「President Trump for putting the American steel industry and its workers first by imposing a 25 percent tariff on all steel imports. President Trump understands that America』s steel industry is the backbone of our economy. A thriving domestic steel industry is critical to U.S. national, energy and economic security.」
The president of the Aluminum Association said: 「We appreciate President Trump』s continued focus on strong trade actions to support the aluminum industry in the United States.」
Colorado Springs-based, family-owned Western Steel, Inc., praised the move: 「What we hope that the tariffs will bring is some sort of stability to U.S. pricing. It allows a little bit more money to be made … on the intermediate level like us.」
President Trump unveiled a plan for fair and reciprocal trade, making clear to the world that the United States will no longer tolerate being ripped off.
The Renewable Fuels Association said: 「The Brazilian tariff on U.S. ethanol now stands at 18 percent and has virtually eliminated all market access for U.S. ethanol producers. We thank President Trump for taking this action and hope this reciprocal tariff will help encourage a return to free and fair ethanol trade relationship with Brazil.」