Steel and aluminum tariffs represent Trump's strongest commitment to Project 2025-aligned policy, because Trump has backed down from other threats (like autos) but doubled down on steel and aluminum, which aligns with Navarro's argument about rebuilding manufacturing capacity for defense and Western alliance support.

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Tim Kolkatz

Evidence Quote

Peter Navaro does talk about needing to rebuild America's kind of manufacturing base for things like steel so that he says we need to uh be able to manufacture Machinery like War Machinery basically

Source

Project 2025 had a tariff plan, but Trump has gone off scriptThe Globe and Mail
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:02:23 AM

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