Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published May 30, 2025 9:58 P.M.

(West Mifflin, Pa) President Donald Trump made a visit to western PA Friday afternoon. The President arrived shortly before 5pm at the Allegheny County Airport and held a rally at the U.S. Steel Irvin Plant.

Shortly after his arrival, all access to the site was restricted and many supporters were turned around at the entrance where the Irvin Plant sign displayed a message that read “THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP!”

Beaver County Radio attempted to speak with those in the area about Trump’s visit and the steel deal. While many declined to give a comment, a few decided to speak with us.

One man who is a former steelworker said, “it sounds like a good deal, we definitely need that”.  Another stated “allegedly the deal is a good deal, and I hope Donald Trump protects the truckers”.

There was a small group of protesters in the area as well who said “Trump has claimed time and time again to have made great deals, but it’s all just smoke and mirrors and he’s destroying the economy”.

During the rally, Trump told numerous steelworkers he was joined by that he will double foreign steel tariffs to 50%. A short while later he announced in an online post that aluminum would face the tariff hike as well. Those increases are said to be going into effect on Wednesday.

Last week, Trump announced that an agreement was made for Nippon Steel to have partial ownership of US Steel after originally saying he would block the deal. Besides Nippon Steel promoting a 14 billion dollar investment into US Steel, further details about the deal have yet to be announced as of Friday.

WATCH: President Trump’s motorcade rolls through West Mifflin during his departure around 6:50 P.M.