“A Trump Administration will also ensure that we start using American steel for American infrastructure. Just like the American steel from Pennsylvania that built the Empire State building. It will be American steel that will fortify America's crumbling bridges.”
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Trump signed Executive Order 13788 (April 18, 2017), directing agencies to maximize use of U.S.-made goods in federal procurement and financial-assistance awards, and Executive Order 13858 (January 31, 2019), directing agencies to encourage the use of American iron and steel in federally assisted infrastructure projects; he also imposed Section 232 steel tariffs in March 2018 to support domestic producers. However, no major infrastructure program was enacted during his 2017-2021 term, so the large-scale rebuilding of bridges with American steel that he described did not occur under his administration, and longstanding Buy America statutes already required domestic steel in most federal-aid highway and bridge projects. Directional executive action without the promised infrastructure delivery supports a partial rating.
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