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The proposed $15 billion Iowa steel mill faces skepticism due to Trump's history of broken promises, raising questions if it is merely a midterm election ploy.
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Trump promised a steel mill in this rural Iowa region. But is it all a midterm election ploy?
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Residents would welcome the development, but the president’s past false promises cast doubt on the proposalOn a Monday afternoon in late September, Donald Trump gathered Iowa Republicans in the Oval Office to make a big announcement: the firm Mesabi Metallics would invest $15bn to make the midwestern state the site of the largest steel mill in the country.One month later, and just days before the midterm election, word has spread in the small town of Wever, population 142, that the mill will be built somewhere nearby. And that’s been about it – no shovels in the dirt, workers on a job site or machinery on the dirt roads leading down towards the Mississippi River. Continue reading...
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