Donald Trump will name Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary, a transition official said Tuesday, selecting a fellow businessman whose name rings out in the Rust Belt.

For some, the 79-year-old New Jersey native was nothing short of a savior of the steel industry--someone willing to risk his money to save thousands of jobs. For others, he was a vulture who cut jobs and pensions, and forced pain on a once-proud industry.

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