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Trump promised a steel mill in this rural Iowa region. But is it all a midterm election ploy?

THE GUARDIAN — WORLD · Chris Stein in Wever, Iowa ·

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Residents would welcome the development, but the president’s past false promises cast doubt on the proposal On a Monday afternoon in late September, Donald Trump gathered Iowa Republicans in the Oval Office to make a big announcement: the firm Mesabi Metallics would invest $15bn to make the midwestern state the site of the largest steel mill in the country. One month later, and just days before…

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