{"id":24672,"date":"2025-09-13T02:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/?page_id=24672"},"modified":"2025-09-13T02:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:32:53","slug":"trump-intervenes-to-keep-granite-city-plant-open","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/trump-intervenes-to-keep-granite-city-plant-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Intervenes to keep Granite City Plant Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;text-align: center\"><strong>Did President Trump Intervene to Keep Granite City Works Open?  <br>Commerce Secretary Unclear<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px\"><em>GraniteCityGossip.com, September 13, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1x-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1x-1-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1x-1-1200x800-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1x-1-1200x800-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1x-1-1200x800-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\">In a development that\u2019s sparking renewed hope across Granite City, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick revealed in a CNBC interview that President Donald Trump personally intervened to prevent the full closure of Granite City Works.<br><br>Lutnick referred to U.S. Steel\u2019s plan to \u201cclose one of the plants\u201d as \u201cnonsense,\u201d and while he didn\u2019t name Granite City directly, local union leaders are convinced he meant their mill. The federal government\u2019s \u201cgolden share\u201d in the U.S. Steel-Nippon deal gave it the authority to appoint a board member and influence decisions on domestic steelmaking. According to Lutnick, Trump \u201cenforced it.\u201d<br><br>Union leaders like Craig McKey and Dan Rhyne welcomed the remarks. \u201cMaybe the lights ain\u2019t getting shut out just yet,\u201d Rhyne said, reflecting the cautious optimism shared by many steelworkers. Still, concerns remain: Granite City Works is only guaranteed to operate until 2027, unlike other facilities in the deal which are protected through 2035.<br><br>The community is mobilizing. A rally is scheduled for <strong>Saturday, September 20 at 2:30 p.m. in Civic Park<\/strong>, where USW International President David McCall will speak. Local leaders from both parties have been advocating to keep the mill open, and Lutnick\u2019s comments have added momentum to their efforts.<br><br>For Granite City residents, this isn\u2019t just about steel\u2014it\u2019s about preserving jobs, pride, and the legacy of a town built on hard work, grit and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24672","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24672"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24683,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24672\/revisions\/24683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}