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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump just betrayed his promise to buy American three days after making it
http://resistancereport.com/news/trump-betrays-american-promise/>"But the Trump administration is making a very noticeable flip-flop exception to the rule the Keystone XL Pipeline.
The pipeline is considered by the Trump administration to be grandfathered in. The Keystone XL pipeline is currently in the process of being constructed, so it does not count as a new, retrofitted, repaired or expanded pipeline, a spokesperson with the White House told Politico.
Trump signed an executive order in January ordering the Commerce Department to develop a plan that would use materials and equipment produced in the United States for all new and retrofitted pipelines being constructed. But that plan has its limits: it only requires the Commerce Department to do so to the maximum extent possible and to the extent permitted by law, leaving a lot of wiggle-room for the administration to justify not buying American-made products to make or repair new pipelines."<
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Trump just betrayed his promise to buy American three days after making it (Original Post)
OxQQme
Mar 2017
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24 percent of the steel will be purchased from a Russian company named Evraz PLC.
dalton99a
Mar 2017
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The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)1. Anything dump does is for the appalause and the moment
Later on the burn comes on, every fucking time without fail. You had to know that they already had contracts for that pipe years ago, Chinese pipe and fittings. This was a nothing but bad theatre for fox news. Shitty bad theater meant as lies.
dalton99a
(81,673 posts)2. 24 percent of the steel will be purchased from a Russian company named Evraz PLC.
bdamomma
(63,955 posts)3. buying products from
his second home Russia instead.
catsudon
(855 posts)4. I give him a pass on this one, but fail for now knowing that
some of the pipes were already purchased and sitting in cananda. making them buy new pipes would be a waste.