Pompeo bucks Trump, calls for Nippon steel deal

Mike Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State during Trump's first administration, backed Japanese Nippon Steel Corp.’s attempted acquisition of U.S. Steel, sharply veering from President-elect Trump, who vowed to block the deal.

"Blocking this purchase would undermine America’s national security by diminishing our ability to maintain robust and competitive domestic steel production," Pompeo wrote in an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal Friday.

Reuters reported in...