Watch live: Trump delivers final midterm pitch at Lincoln Memorial
President Trump will make his final pitch to voters Monday afternoon ahead of the midterm elections, hoping to boost Republican support as control of Congress hangs in the balance. But rather than holding another campaign rally, Trump will deliver remarks from the revamped Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, where he is expected to tout...
President Donald Trump announced in September that the firm Mesabi Metallics would invest $15bn to create the largest steel mill in the United States in the rural Iowa town of Wever, a move that could create 6,000 jobs during construction and 1,750 when completed. However, no progress has been made despite the announcement occurring just ahead of the midterm elections.
Skepticism surrounds the project due to Trump's history of making false promises, such as the Foxconn electronics manufacturing factory in Wisconsin that never materialized. Mesabi, a Minnesota-based firm, maintains that the project is in active development and anticipates making more announcements soon. However, Iowa's Republican-controlled legislature quickly approved $1.4bn in tax breaks to make the mill happen.
Republican candidates for statewide office and the governorship see the plant as a boon for the region, but local trade unions remain skeptical, recalling past failed projects like Foxconn.
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