{"id":151643,"date":"2025-05-31T06:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T06:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-surprise-doubling-of-steel-tariffs-risks-global-market-turmoil-again-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T06:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T06:57:05","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-surprise-doubling-of-steel-tariffs-risks-global-market-turmoil-again-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-surprise-doubling-of-steel-tariffs-risks-global-market-turmoil-again-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Surprise doubling of steel tariffs risks global market turmoil \u2013 again – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US president told steelworkers he was planning to double the tariffs to 50%. Key US politics stories from Friday 30 May at a glance
Donald Trump said he was doubling tariffs on imported steel to 50% at a rally celebrating a \u201cpartnership\u201d deal between US Steel and Japan-based Nippon Steel on Friday.
Speaking in front of an audience of steelworkers, the US president said: \u201cWe are going to be imposing a 25% increase. We\u2019re going to bring it from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry in the United States.\u201d
The surprise announcement, which contained no further detail, was cheered by the crowd at a US Steel plant in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Trump added: \u201cNobody is going to get around that.\u201d
He spoke after US markets closed for the weekend. But the increase, set to take effect next week, is likely to create fresh economic turmoil.
Here are the key stories of the day:
The US president announced he was doubling foreign tariffs on steel imports to 50%, as he celebrated a \u201cblockbuster\u201d agreement for Japan-based Nippon Steel\u2019s to invest in US Steel during a rally in Pennsylvania<\/a>.
Surrounded by men in orange hardhats, Donald Trump<\/a> unveiled the tariff rate increase as he spoke at a US Steel plant in West Mifflin, declaring that the dramatic hike would \u201ceven further secure\u201d the US steel industry.
It was not immediately clear how the announcement would affect the trade deal with the UK, negotiated earlier this month<\/a>, that saw tariffs on steel and aluminium from the UK reduced to zero.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The president saw Elon Musk<\/a> off from the White House on Friday, as the Tesla chief concluded his more than four months leading the so-called department of government efficiency\u2019s disruptive foray into federal departments that achieved far fewer cost savings than expected.
Standing alongside Trump in the Oval Office, Musk \u2013 who faced a 130-day limit in his tenure as a special government employee that had ended two days prior<\/a> \u2013 vowed that his departure \u201cis not the end\u201d of Doge.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Elon Musk engaged in extensive drug consumption while serving as one of Trump\u2019s closest advisers, taking ketamine<\/a> so frequently it caused bladder problems and travelling with a daily supply of about 20 pills, according to claims made to the New York Times<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The president\u2019s so-called Golden Dome missile defence program \u2013 which will feature space-based weapons to intercept strikes against the US \u2013 is not expected to be ready before the end of his term, despite his prediction that it would be completed within the next three years.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> says he is firing the first female director of the National Portrait Gallery<\/a>, which contained a caption that referenced the attack on the US Capitol that his supporters carried out in early 2021.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Trump administration<\/a> has ordered US consulates worldwide to conduct mandatory social media screening of every visa applicant seeking to travel to Harvard University<\/a>, with officials instructed to view private accounts as potential signs of \u201cevasiveness\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US supreme court<\/a> on Friday announced it would allow the Trump administration<\/a> to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the US, bolstering the Republican president\u2019s drive to step up deportations.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The state department is seeking to create an \u201cOffice of Remigration\u201d<\/a> as
part of a restructuring of the US diplomatic service to facilitate Trump\u2019s rightwing anti-immigration policies.
The FBI is investigating an apparent impersonator who pretended to be the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles,<\/a> in texts and calls to her contacts, including prominent Republicans<\/a>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 29 May 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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