"I have a plan, I have an all-American solution in place. The all-American solution centers on people, on workers," said Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves.

Lourenco Goncalves’ remarks over Nippon Steel’s takeover bid for U.S. Steel and description of Japan as being 'evil' stunned many in Tokyo.

Lourenco Goncalves, CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, called Japan, the home of rival steelmaker Nippon Steel, ”evil” in a press conference on Monday, as the U.S. company prepares a new bid for U.S. Steel.

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday he had a plan to buy U.S. Steel as he launched a tirade against Japan, calling the close U.S. ally “evil.”

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said he had a plan to buy U.S. Steel after its sale to Japan's Nippon Steel collapsed. Goncalves went on a tirade against Japan during a press conference ...

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday he had a plan to buy U.S. Steel as he launched a tirade against Japan, calling the close U.S. ally “evil” during a news conference.

Pompeo said that for the past several decades, Tokyo has been “amongst our greatest allies in the delivering security for the American people.”

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves criticized the deadline extension keeping Nippon Steel's bid to acquire U.S. Steel alive months longer than originally intended.

IS THE FUTURE OF U.S. STEEL at a fork in the road? More than a week after blocking the almost $15 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel, President Joe Biden’s administration made a puzzling last-minute pivot.

With Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel blocked by executive order, a Cleveland-based steel manufacturer plans to place another bid when the deal is undone. Cleveland-Cliffs CEO

After Nippon Steel's bid was thwarted by the Biden administration, other American competitors are looking for an acquisition.

"I already initiated my investigation on how to import dogs from Japan," Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Goncalves said. "I'll go after him personally and I'll take his last penny, his house, his car and his dog.