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Feb 13
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Donald Trump
President of the United States
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"We're going to be building a number of battleships... The hulls are made of seven inches of steel, not aluminum. Aluminum is fine... but I'll take steel." The President explicitly disparages aluminum for naval applications in favor of heavy steel. This signals a government-mandated shift in material procurement for the Navy's new "10 battleship" order. This creates a guaranteed demand shock for domestic steel producers, particularly those capable of military-grade production. Long US Steel producers. Supply chain bottlenecks or raw material cost inflation. |
CNBC
President Trump delivers remarks to the troop...
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Feb 13
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Steve Liesman
Senior Economics Reporter
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Peter Navarro (White House Trade Advisor) explicitly refuted reports that the administration would lower tariffs, stating there are "no plans" to scale them back and that steel/aluminum are "sacred." The market had begun pricing in a potential reduction in tariffs (which would lower prices and hurt domestic producers). The confirmation that high tariffs (up to 50%) remain in place protects the pricing power and market share of domestic US steel and aluminum producers against foreign competition. Long domestic metal producers who retain protectionist advantages. Retaliatory tariffs from trading partners or demand destruction due to high prices. |
CNBC
The economy overall is weaker than widely ant...
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Feb 13
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Alex Finn
AI Content Creator / Expert
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"One of the only moats left at the end of the day is your distribution." Finn uses his AI to scrape X 24/7 to find trends and build products. In a world where software creation is commoditized (anyone can build an app), the only differentiator is the ability to reach customers. Platforms that own the "distribution" and the real-time data flow (X) become the most valuable real estate. Long the platforms controlling attention and data distribution. User churn or platform instability. |
Thread Guy
AI Is 6 Months From Replacing ALL Jobs (Alex ...
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Feb 11
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Donald Trump
President of the United States
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"Coal is also critical to our national security, vital to everything from steel production to ship building... Our trade deficit has gone down 78%... because of tariffs." The combination of aggressive tariffs (protectionism) and a focus on "Department of War" industrial output (shipbuilding/steel) creates a protected, high-demand environment for domestic steel producers. Metallurgical coal demand is explicitly linked to this industrial ramp-up. LONG US Steel and Industrial producers protected by the tariff wall. Retaliatory tariffs from trading partners hurting US exports; higher input costs for manufacturers. |
CNBC
President Trump participates in an event on c...
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Feb 11
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Pierre Yared
Economist / Columbia Business School Professor
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Yared highlights "significant increases in construction... especially non-residential" and explicitly links this to the "president's economic policies... to drive investment and factories." The administration's supply-side policies are forcing a CapEx cycle focused on physical infrastructure and domestic manufacturing plants. This creates sustained demand for heavy machinery (CAT) and domestic steel (NUE, X) regardless of broader consumer sentiment. LONG. These are the "pick and shovel" plays for the factory construction boom Yared describes. High interest rates could eventually choke off financing for these capital-intensive projects. |
Bloomberg Markets
Yared Praises 'Blowout' Jobs Report, Says Fed...
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Feb 10
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Karoline Leavitt
White House Press Secretary
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The President threatened to block the Gordy Howe Bridge unless it uses "American-made materials" and criticized the current lack thereof. This signals a strict enforcement of "Buy American" provisions for all cross-border or federally adjacent infrastructure projects. It forces contractors to source domestic steel regardless of price premiums over Chinese or Canadian steel. LONG US Steel producers. They gain pricing power as foreign competition is administratively locked out of major projects. Higher input costs could stall projects entirely, reducing overall demand volume. |
CNBC
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ...
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