Trump’s Steel Tariffs Boost His Electoral Appeal on Iron Range
- Visit to blue-state Minnesota has eye on 2018 and 2020 races
- State has oversized role in midterm congressional campaign
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President Donald Trump’s steel import tariffs have offended the free-trade instincts of many fellow Republicans, but on northern Minnesota’s traditionally Democratic Iron Range he’s hoping they’ll pay political dividends.
Trump is scheduled to arrive in northern Minnesota Wednesday evening for a campaign-style rally in the Lake Superior port city of Duluth, aiming to bolster Republican efforts to hold control of the U.S. House in the November election as well as his own bid for re-election two years from now.