Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/28/26 - Trump Unveils $18B Steel Plant Investment in Iowa

Trump gathers a room full of governors, senators, and cabinet secretaries to announce what he calls the largest steel plant in American history, an $18 billion Mesabi Metallics complex in southeast Iowa, fed by the first new American iron ore mine in over 50 years. Between the ribbon cutting energy, expect a full breakdown of how 50% steel tariffs made the deal possible, a promise of 6,000 construction jobs and nearly 2,000 manufacturing jobs, and plenty of good natured jabs at Minnesota's governor along the way. The Q&A afterward wanders well past steel, touching Iran's crumbling nuclear ambitions, a tense Canada trade standoff over dairy and lumber tariffs, UK terror arrests, and a Congo Rwanda peace violation question. There's also a candid rundown of record setting stock market numbers and 401k gains. Heavy on economic bragging rights, with the usual mix of policy substance and unscripted riffing scattered throughout.