Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
Despite pledges to "Make America Steel Again," Trump used Chinese steel/aluminum in Las Vegas and Chicago projects, spending about $350M. Investigators said shell companies obscured the Chinese origin even as U.S. smelters closed.
In at least two of his last three construction projects, the metals came from Chinese manufacturers instead of mills in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The court documents showing the Chicago aluminum was dumped at predatory prices...
The Vegas steel's origin was hidden through a tangle of holding companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, and the Chicago tower used 207,000 feet of Chinese aluminum. The $350 million estimate, and what it meant for collapsing American smelters...
The steelworkers' union president didn't mince words about the man promising to bring their industry back. What he said, on the record...