While campaigning on his brand of populism this year, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly promised to “Make America Great Again” with protectionist trade policies that would bring back U.S. manufacturing jobs to America.Now weeks into his transition, Trump is keeping up that fiery message — even as his Republican allies on the Hill prepare to vote against specific “Buy America” legislation meant to help American workers.At one of his victory rallies last week in Cincinnati, Trump told the crowd, “We will have two simple rules when it comes to this massive rebuilding effort: Buy American and hire American. Whether it is producing steel, building cars or curing disease, we want the next generation of innovation and production to happen right here in America and right here in Ohio, right?”
Source: House GOP bucks Donald Trump, scraps legislation to “buy American” iron and steel – Salon.com
