Five months ago, just after President Donald Trump gave a speech in the Mon Valley announcing the finalization of the deal between US Steel and Nippon Steel, I had the opportunity to interview him on Air Force One. As we left the facility, I sat and talked with Trump in “The Beast” as his motorcade circled the nearly mile-long hot strip mill.

Despite the punishing rain as we traveled along the expanse of the series of buildings that make up the hot strip mill, he noted the rail yard and the view of the river 300 feet below when he pointed to the Irvin Works building, whose silver paint had begun to fade to rust.

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