March 1 probably was one of the wildest days in an already wild Washington, D.C.
On the preceding evening, the Washington Post broke a news story that the president was set to announce tariffs on steel and aluminum the following day. That’s where the confusion began.
To begin, at the start of the week on Feb. 26, the consensus among D.C. insiders was that the president would be making an announcement in the first full or second week of March. With a special election taking place in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, home to many of America’s remaining steel companies, many believed the president may use this announcement to “get out the vote” for the candidate in his party. But we were wrong!