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Trump Lied About US Steel For Pipeline, Everything
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March 4, 2017
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8:47Now PlayingTrump lies at a pace that’s hard to keep up with. Brett Erlich, Ben Mankiewicz, Michael A. Wood Jr., and Ryan Clayton, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"A few weeks ago, when President Trump signed a directive clearing several hurdles out of the way of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the White House touted a new requirement -- that the pipeline be made with American-produced steel.
Never mind.
The requirement to use domestic steel posed a potential conflict between the administration's populist agenda and it's pro-business stance. Apparently, business won.
Friday, a White House spokeswoman said Keystone would be exempt from the buy-America requirement because the pipeline was already partially underway.
"The way that executive order is written," said White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, "it’s specific to new pipelines or those that are being repaired.
"Since this one is already currently under construction, the steel is already literally sitting there; it would be hard to go back," Sanders told reporters traveling with Trump on Air Force One en route to Florida.
That's not the way Trump described the requirement in his public statements. In a speech a week ago at the CPAC conference of conservative activists, the president said he had personally come up with the buy-America idea while signing off on the Keystone project.
"We have authorized the construction ... of the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines," he said.
"This took place while I was getting ready to sign," he continued. "I said, 'who makes the pipes for the pipeline?'
"'Well, sir, it comes from all over the world, isn't that wonderful?’”*
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Hosts: Brett Erlich, Ben Mankiewicz, Michael A. Wood Jr., Ryan Clayton
Cast: Brett Erlich, Ben Mankiewicz, Michael A. Wood Jr., Ryan Clayton
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