GOP Rep.: Ohio’s Steel Mills manage thanks to Trump Tariffs Opinion star-news.press/wp

Steel mills of Ohio’s 6. The Congress District used to be the heart beatings – until hyperglobalism separate them. Cities such as Youngstown and Mingo Junction, proud and prosperous, have become ghosts cities of closed factories and broken dreams. For decades, the Elite from Washington in Wall Street, sold our workers with unilateral trade agreements, leaving families to take care of themselves. Then Donald Trump came. His American first day order did not just talk about forgotten Americans – they fought for them. Today, mills like JSW steel US in Mingo Junction are playing in life, starting Trump Tariffs and renewed belief in American sleep.

The generations of those cities in the valley of the Ohio River were the backbone of the American industry. In 1949, Youngstown ranked among the nated colored cities, his steel mills and factories like General Motors hired thousands. Immigrants from Eastern Europe, Ireland and Italy-Life Democrats – built united communities united by work, faith and family. But starting from the end of the 20th century, something went wrong. Free trade policies, which kept both sides, sent jobs abroad. The factories were closed, they boarded the trade, and the promises of workers were broken. Democrats have left work for coastal elites and globalist priorities. Republicans attracted to outdated dogma on the free market. The OH-06 people left behind.

President Trump changed it. Its tariffs are not about starting trade wars – they are about the completion of a one-sided surrender that has emerged our production base. The decades threw china cheap, subsidized steel in our markets, and Europe taxed American cars as they flooded our shelves by their goods. It is not free trade-it is an unfair trade. Trump policies are leveling the field for playing, standing to bad actors who used our openness. The results are indisputable. JSW Steel US, located along the Ohio River, manages once again. Its executive director loans to Trump reciprocal tariffs to enable hundreds of millions of upgrades, with plans for expansion and new employment. This is not just a factory – it is a life line, restoring dignity, salaries and hopes for families who have never gave up their hometown.

Tariffs are not a silver bullet, and they are always supported by not easy. Maintenance of republicans, alienated in the proposed era. But here in OH-06, we know the costs of inactivity: more shutter and more hollowed cities. The tariffs were a long stone foundation of the American economic strategy. Alexander Hamilton, one of our great founders, champs this approach, even the abolition of the “American school” economic thoughts. For decades, the domestic industry is protected by manipulation. Trump policies empower investment, employment and competition, reminiscent of the world that trade must be fair – not a one-way street in Beijing to the damage of the Ohio River Valley Ohio.

This is about more than the economy – it is about returning an American dream. The factories are re-preserving in cities that are once written off. Ford expressed support for Trump’s trade policies, recognizing their role in strengthening domestic production. For the first time in years, young people in Steubenville and East Liverpool see the future at home. Politically, the shift is clear. Ohio, once a purple state, converted decisively red 2020. years, and Trump was transporting oh-06 landslides. Voters for the work class, after the Democrat in the union, are now packing Trump sets. They don’t ask for brochures – just a whole fair. They had enough democratic parties more focused on the global summit from the main street here at home.

I walked the factory floor in JSW, looked like the eyes in the eyes and saw their pride in creating something American. Critics warn of short-term price trips, but I mean the long-term costs without doing nothing – more broken families, more lost cities. People about OH-06 understand. They see that the path of President Trump for lasting profit, because they believe in their work, their communities, presidents and their country.

As a congressman, I am fighting for policies that first put American workers, renew our industrial base and returned pride for forgotten cities. Trump tariffs are more than tools – they are a reconstruction symbol. Together we will provide places such as youngstown, and Mingo Junction are not relic in decline, but are the lighthouses of classic American return.

Mike Rulli represents 6. Ohio Congress County.

Attitudes expressed in this article are their own writer.