TRUMP STEEL TARIFF COULD AXE 200 JOBS AT MISSOURI NAIL PLANT THIS SUMMER President Donald Trump’s controversial steel tariffs are already taking a major toll on one of the last remaining nail producers in the United States. Mid Continent Nail Corporation, a nail manufacturer located in southeast Missouri, lost 50 percent of its business in the two weeks since Trump signed a new tariff on steel imports, according to a MissouriNet report published on Friday. The nail company said the updated impositions on steel goods resulted in the producer having to lay off 60 temporary workers. At the beginning of June, Mid Continent had roughly 500 people on staff, but the company may be forced to axe 200 more jobs by the end of July. There is a possibility the nail producer, which is one of the largest employers in Missouri's Butler County, may be completely out of business by Labor Day due to the tariff. --------- --------- Nail manufacturing exec who voted for Trump blames him for layoffs, asks Democrat for help ------- ------- There's way too much winning going on folks. Gotta ask the Dems for help.