Just a few moments after Air Force One took off from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland , President Donald Trump sat at his desk aboard the plane with a handful of his trusted staff members, including White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent .

All of them smiled as Air Force One settled itself after takeoff. The president was heading to one of his favorite parts of the country to mark a deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel that few outside of some very determined western Pennsylvania local union steelworkers thought would ever come to fruition.

Trump left the intrigue of Washington and pressures of his position to head toward a hero's welcome at the Irvin Works plant in West Mifflin. He admitted he hadn't wrapped his mind around th

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