U.S. President Donald Trump heads to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area on Friday to headline a rally to celebrate Nippon Steel's "planned partnership" with U.S. Steel, signaling final approval for the deal could be on the horizon.

Trump’s shout-out to state Rep. Dan Meuser, who with Treasurer Stacy Garrity are the two main GOP contenders for governor in 2026, will surely raise some eyebrows in Keystone State political circles. “If you run, you have my support, totally, and you’ll win,” Trump said to Meuser, a strong Trump supporter like Garrity.

Days after announcing he would double tariffs on imported steel to 50%, President Trump was on social media on Sunday praising the policy. In a post accompanying a video of his trip to Pennsylvania on Friday,