President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he plans to double the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports—increasing the charge from 25% to 50%.The tariff escalation comes at a precarious time, as Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are immersed in legal trouble at the court level and many U.

President Trump said on Friday that he would double the tariffs he had levied on foreign steel and aluminum to 50 percent, a move that he claimed would further protect the industry.

Days after announcing he would double tariffs on imported steel to 50%, President Trump was on social media on Sunday praising the policy. In a post accompanying a video of his trip to Pennsylvania on Friday,