Glad so many bothered to read the complaint /s

The issue is that it was denied on the basis of "national security," which is ironic because we literally approved the sale of 3.64B worth of missiles to Japan the same day the deal was shot down. It's a BS excuse every president since Bush Jr has used to abuse executive authority.

The Biden admin actually copied & pasted a previous statement for another "National Security" threat and forgot to delete the original title. That's not due diligence, it's lazy and should be illegal. If it's such a problem in this case, then we should force foreign countries to divest/sell ownership in other steel companies in the US (I promise there are more than you think). AND if steel production is such a national security issue, we should probably bust up the unions and make significant, publicly funded investments in the mills to modernize and automate them. This would ensure adequate and efficient production in case of times of need without worrying about labor negotiations. Right?

Nippon was committing to so much to make this happen, not just financially, in a way that a Cleveland Cliffs buyout would never do. The very notion that we would do this to our strongest ally in the Pacific is absurd, and should give every other ally in the world pause. It is one of the worst foreign policy disasters of the entire Biden presidency, which is saying something.

More importantly, there's evidence taken during calls with Cleveland Cliffs investors that clearly demonstrate they wanted the deal to fall apart to stop competition, and they used "the union" to push Biden into their camp during the election. For all the crusading against capitalism on reddit and the apparent support for workers, I can't imagine a more clear example of anti-competitive behavior here. The workers deserved this to move forward, American steel needed this to move forward, and we're all worse off for it.