There was never any plausible national security reason to block the sale of US Steel to a Japanese company. The only justification for it was political pandering in a swing state. But the election is over, and the blue team lost. What is the point of doing it now?
The Democrats need to position themselves to take advantage of the unpopularity of Trump’s tariffs. Embracing mindless protectionism in the dying days of the Biden presidency is a really poor way to do it.