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Howard Lutnick

Howard Lutnick

Secretary of Commerce

19 appearances · 74 quotes · 14 posts · Latest record 3 Sep 2026

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FROM THE RECORD · 2 matching entries · 2025-03-12

What does the record say about interest rates?

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Lutnick predicts interest rates will drop 150 basis points during Trump's term along with energy prices. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · CBS Evening News · 2025-03-12

“Interest rates are gonna drop a 150 basis points during his term. Oil and our gas prices are gonna come smashing down. Egg prices come smashing down.”

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FROM THE RECORD · 19 matching entries · 2025-03-12 to 2026-08-27

What does the record say about tariffs?

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Lutnick claims the administration will cut a trillion in expenses and raise a trillion in new revenues. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · All-In Podcast · 2025-03-20

“I think we're going cut a trillion dollars a year in expense, and then I think we can, through tariffs and other means, we're going to get revenues of a trillion dollars.”

2

Lutnick says 15 percent was calculated as the optimal tariff rate to maximize U.S. revenue without reducing trade with Europe. [2]

Read the supporting quotation · Pod Force One with Miranda Devine · 2025-10-01

“we knew that 15% was the maximizing number, where you do the most trade with Europe, and that's the highest price you could charge without denting that trade.”

3

Lutnick says tariffs are about preventing 75,000 annual fentanyl deaths in America. [3]

Read the supporting quotation · CBS Evening News · 2025-03-12

“But remember, the tariffs were about fentanyl deaths in America. I mean, the president is not gonna allow Americans, about seventy five thousand, autopsy deaths in America.”

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FROM THE RECORD · 18 matching entries · 2025-10-02 to 2026-05-06

What does the record say about epstein?

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Lutnick confirms having lunch on Epstein's island with wife, four children, nannies, and another couple. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · C-SPAN · 2026-02-10

“My wife was with me as were my four children and nannies. I had another couple with they were there as well with their children, and we had lunch on the island.”

2

Lutnick claims only about ten emails connected him with Epstein over fourteen years and denies any relationship. [2]

Read the supporting quotation · Scripps News · 2026-02-10

“There may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period. I did not have any relationship with him.”

3

Lutnick says he has agreed to answer all Epstein-related questions with House colleagues within two weeks. [3]

Read the supporting quotation · Politiclip · 2026-05-06

“I have voluntarily agreed in less than two weeks to sit and answer questions on this topic fully whatever questions are asked of me voluntarily in less than two weeks with your house colleagues.”

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FROM THE RECORD · 11 matching entries · 2025-03-12 to 2026-08-27

What does the record say about trade deals?

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Lutnick says 15 percent was calculated as the optimal tariff rate to maximize U.S. revenue without reducing trade with Europe. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · Pod Force One with Miranda Devine · 2025-10-01

“we knew that 15% was the maximizing number, where you do the most trade with Europe, and that's the highest price you could charge without denting that trade.”

2

Lutnick says India refuses to buy American corn despite its 1.4 billion people and selling extensively to the US. [2]

Read the supporting quotation · CBS Evening News · 2025-03-12

“India, the prime minister comes and visits, brags about his 1,400,000,000 people, won't let us sell a bushel of corn. And think of the stuff they sell here. You gotta be kidding.”

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Lutnick predicts Canadian negotiators will return after October elections to complete the deal. [3]

Read the supporting quotation · Forbes Breaking News · 2026-08-27

“These are elections in October. So he's making this a political thing for Canada, and my guess will be as soon as his elections are over, you're gonna see a plane full of Canadian negotiators flying down and go, come on.”

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FROM THE RECORD · 6 matching entries · 2025-03-12 to 2026-05-06

What does the record say about budget?

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Lutnick claims the administration will cut a trillion in expenses and raise a trillion in new revenues. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · All-In Podcast · 2025-03-20

“I think we're going cut a trillion dollars a year in expense, and then I think we can, through tariffs and other means, we're going to get revenues of a trillion dollars.”

2

Lutnick proposes selling 400,000 green cards at $5 million each would generate $2 trillion and eliminate the deficit. [2]

Read the supporting quotation · CBS Evening News · 2025-03-12

“Do realize if we sold those 400,000 a year for 5,000,000 each? You know, that's $2,000,000,000,000 every time. 2,000,000,000,000. We'd have no budget deficit. We could lower taxes on America.”

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Lutnick insists he is present to discuss the budget rather than other topics. [3]

Read the supporting quotation · Politiclip · 2026-05-06

“But I am here today to testify about the budget, and I look forward to discussing the president's budget with you today.”

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FROM THE RECORD · 6 matching entries · 2026-08-27

What does the record say about canada?

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Lutnick predicts Canadian negotiators will return after October elections to complete the deal. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · Forbes Breaking News · 2026-08-27

“These are elections in October. So he's making this a political thing for Canada, and my guess will be as soon as his elections are over, you're gonna see a plane full of Canadian negotiators flying down and go, come on.”

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FROM THE RECORD · 6 matching entries · 2026-02-10

What does the record say about island?

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Lutnick confirms having lunch on Epstein's island with wife, four children, nannies, and another couple. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · C-SPAN · 2026-02-10

“My wife was with me as were my four children and nannies. I had another couple with they were there as well with their children, and we had lunch on the island.”

2

Lutnick confirms he had lunch on Epstein's island in 2012 during a family vacation with wife and four children. [2]

Read the supporting quotation · Scripps News · 2026-02-10

“I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my four children and nannies.”

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What does the record say about defense?

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Lutnick claims only about ten emails connected him with Epstein over fourteen years and denies any relationship. [1]

Read the supporting quotation · Scripps News · 2026-02-10

“There may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period. I did not have any relationship with him.”

2

Lutnick proposes long-term government contracts with defense contractors to stabilize earnings and extract warrants for sovereign wealth fund. [2]

Read the supporting quotation · All-In Podcast · 2025-03-20

“I will sign a contract with you, ten year contract, cancel it at the end of five years to buy X amount of missiles, and I'll pay you quarterly.”

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  1. X postX

    Great to be back in upstate New York to announce the huge $21 BILLION funding for two new semiconductor fabs thanks to President Trump’s historic trade deal with Japan. Japan is providing the funding for these high tech production facilities, and our partnership with

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    Honored to be with some of our finest U.S. Navy sailors alongside President Trump as we usher in a new age of American shipbuilding. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/bmCSGGZ2K4

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    What an amazing evening. My wife, Allison, and I joined President Trump as he hosted President Xi for a State Visit at the White House. The room was spectacular, the music was flawless, and the crowd was second to none. Great to see @elonmusk , @tim_cook and so many exceptional https://t.co/VMMMmMHwlj

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    Here is the video of the ceiling of the Kennedy Center crashing violently onto the main Lobby floor. Failing roofing, collapsing concrete supports, and steel that is rotting have created completely unsafe conditions. It was caught on security video, missing one of the Center’s https://t.co/g8PI4wsPzg

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    The plaster dropped from 60 feet! The plaster was 5 feet by 4 feet weighing more than 150lbs ! https://t.co/iJ832fbkDQ https://t.co/6MAOtqEooi

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    Here is the video of the ceiling of the Kennedy Center crashing violently onto the main Lobby floor. Failing roofing, collapsing concrete supports, and steel that is rotting have created completely unsafe conditions. It was caught on security video, missing one of the Center’s https://t.co/g8PI4wsPzg

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    Today is the 47th anniversary of my father Solomon Lutnick’s death. He went in for his first chemotherapy injection, and the nurse made a catastrophic mistake and killed him. I had lost my mother 18 months earlier to lymphoma. Forty-seven years ago, I learned what hell smells and https://t.co/PDaVGg5h3l

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    Without the love and support of the Cantor families, I could have never made it through the devastation of 9/11. They gave me the strength to rebuild over the last 25 years. Together always! https://t.co/1tLuNpIjMn

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    Stopped by Stone Street after a long day. When I was standing at the doorway of the World Trade Center 25 years ago, everyone was running out. Only the incredible men and women of the FDNY went IN. I personally witnessed raw, pure bravery and heroism in the most dire of https://t.co/a6cvhHzehI

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    Doug Gardner is my best friend. He’ll always be my best friend. We first met in college and were great friends ever since. Our careers came together, we raised our families together, and we shared every major milestone in our lives. Doug had a huge heart. He absolutely loved https://t.co/2NnHjyszsm

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    My brother Gary was kindest and most fun person I knew. Gary was happy in every photo. Over the past 25 years, nearly every day there has been a moment when I’ve thought to myself, I wish Gary was here. Gary was killed at the young age of 36 for being an American and going to https://t.co/7HGSQAfpD6

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    This 25th anniversary week is tough for all Americans, but especially for me. My firm was located on the top 5 floors of the World Trade Center, and on September 11, 2001, my brother Gary was killed, along with 657 of my friends and colleagues. That day changed everything. https://t.co/492YsU6aql

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    We brought the top 20 governments together from around the world. We invited America’s great entrepreneurs to sit with me and discuss cutting edge AI and how Governments should think about it, this was an exceptional G20 Innovation Ministerial, hosted in Chapel Hill, North

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    While speaking yesterday at the G20 innovation summit about AI, I answered a question about the military actions in Iran, I misspoke. 18 members of our military have died, and to those families my heart breaks and I am so very sorry for their loss. I was thinking about the

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    It has been a pleasure working together with @mkratsios47 on the G20 Innovation Ministerial. We are completely aligned and committed to ensuring the United States leads in AI and exports the American AI tech stack across the world. https://t.co/hjAvVLMUrc

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    🇺🇸 💻🇯🇵 https://t.co/652MQWunc2

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    American workers are building the toughest glass on the planet, and soon the cover glass for every new iPhone and Apple Watch will be made right here in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Apple’s $2.5 billion investment and partnership with Corning is exactly what President Trump’s trade

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    Incredible visit to Lehigh Heavy Forge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. American workers are building massive steel components for our submarines, naval ships, and nuclear industry. This is the strength of American manufacturing. https://t.co/fIBQkh9Np6

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    This is what American Commerce looks like. Incredible visit to Lehigh Heavy Forge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. They build huge steel parts for submarines, naval ships and nuclear. https://t.co/W1U8v3XJop

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  20. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “We had a deal. We shook hands. The president announced it. Right? Everybody was positive. Canada made the decision for political purposes.”

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  21. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “Canada made the decision for political purposes. They wanted to walk away. This is politics only.”

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  22. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “These are elections in October. So he's making this a political thing for Canada, and my guess will be as soon as his elections are over, you're gonna see a plane full of Canadian negotiators flying down and go, come on.”

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    canadapredictionstrade deals
  23. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “So he's making this a political thing for Canada, and my guess will be as soon as his elections are over, you're gonna see a plane full of Canadian negotiators flying down”

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    canadapredictiontrade deals
  24. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “I met with LeBlanc 10 times. I spoke to Carney twice. These were not raised. These were not part of it. This is different thing.”

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    tariffstrade dealstrucks
  25. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “You know, when someone doesn't want the deal, they make up and say, oh, I'll do the deal with you only if you wear green.”

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    canadanegotiationstrade deals
  26. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “You know, when someone doesn't want the deal, they make up and say, oh, I'll do the deal with you only if you wear green. And you're like, but I'm wearing I'm not wearing green.”

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  27. Quoted in printThe Hill

    “Underneath the name of the building, which will remain the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump,”

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    Lutnick floats new way to add Trump’s name to Kennedy Center · Mira Bhakta

  28. Quoted in printRaw Story

    “They’re gonna tear down the official memorial to an assassinated president because they can’t put Donald Trump’s [expletive] name on it,”

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    'The building is dangerous!' Howard Lutnick warns of 'disaster' at Kennedy Center · Matthew Chapman

  29. Quoted in printiPolitics

    “I met with [Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic] LeBlanc 10 times… [and] these were not raised. These were not part of it. It’s a different thing. This is medium and heavy trucks… That’s a construction product. That’s a different. It’s a whole different category. It was never raised. These were things they put in in order to make it end.”

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    Lutnick accuses Canada of deliberately scuttling trade talks · Marco Vigliotti

  30. Quoted in printThe Hill

    “The building is dangerous. People say, 'oh, don't overstate that it's dangerous. Look, there are chunks of concrete falling off the ceiling in the garage,'”

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    Lutnick floats new way to add Trump’s name to Kennedy Center · Mira Bhakta

  31. Quoted in printRaw Story

    “Look, there are chunks of concrete falling off the ceiling in the garage,”

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    'The building is dangerous!' Howard Lutnick warns of 'disaster' at Kennedy Center · Matthew Chapman

  32. Quoted in printtorontosun

    “If we find that there were any misstatements by Lutnick, it’s a felony to lie to Congress, and you’ll be held accountable.”

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    HUNTER: Ugly face of trade deal's disturbing Jeffrey Epstein links · Brad Hunter

  33. Quoted in printtorontosun

    “Lutnick was caught lying in front of the House Oversight Committee. It turned out that he forgot about all his other interactions,”

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    HUNTER: Ugly face of trade deal's disturbing Jeffrey Epstein links · Brad Hunter

  34. Quoted in printtorontosun

    “His story had been that he once stopped by Epstein’s house [they were next-door neighbours in New York] and saw the massage table and found it creepy. Lutnick and his wife said they were creeped out.”

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    HUNTER: Ugly face of trade deal's disturbing Jeffrey Epstein links · Brad Hunter

  35. X postX

    Incredible to be in Washington, D.C. for Grand Prix 250 with Lip-Bu Tan of Intel and Zak Brown of McLaren. An entirely free race that could only have been put together by President Trump. Wow, what a day! https://t.co/GAyQS33QL1

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    Replying to Howard Lutnick

    The Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau just released its analysis showing more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 election. Not just registered but literally illegally voted. And that is just the beginning. More than 32 million more voters’ records will be

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    The Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau just released its analysis showing more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 election. Not just registered but literally illegally voted. And that is just the beginning. More than 32 million more voters’ records will be

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    Apple is delivering on its promise to bring advanced manufacturing back to America. $600 billion invested in America. Mac mini made in Texas. American workers building the future. https://t.co/19ztDzjW4r

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    Quoting Tim Cook

    Our Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston is now open & we will begin manufacturing Mac mini this year! Great to meet some of the first attendees with Secretary of Commerce @howardlutnick. They'll learn the same advanced manufacturing techniques we use to build Apple https://t.co/trMZeZCK76

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    President Trump said we would bring advanced technology manufacturing back to America. Now the Mac mini will be made right here in Houston, Texas. Thank you, Tim and Apple, for your $600 billion commitment to America. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/6AZ5PnywY0

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    President Trump is bringing Auto manufacturing back to America. As part of its $10 billion commitment, In San Antonio, Toyota is investing $3.6 billion to bring Tacoma production to Texas, creating thousands of high tech jobs. The Commerce Department’s America First trade

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    Karoline Leavitt has been the most successful Press Secretary in history. Always strong, clear and right to the point She has accomplished so much already in her young career, I cannot wait to see where her future takes us. There has been no better spokesperson for President

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    Quoting U.S. Department of Commerce

    The job of the Census is simple: go to every house and count every person. That is why we are working with the U.S. Post Office to more efficiently and accurately complete the count. Postmen already know where Americans live, and their expertise will save taxpayers billions of https://t.co/SinkqnbUqr

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    The Census and USPS working together, make a great team! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/TYS7JmDRu1

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    Great to be in Yorktown Heights, New York with IBM’s CEO, to see firsthand America’s quantum computing leadership. We are far ahead, thanks to American innovation and the Commerce Department’s cutting-edge CHIPS deals that have catapulted this industry forward.

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    President Donald Trump never accepted trade deficits as the cost of doing business., but bad politicians in Washington did. We’re restoring an America First Trade policy that rewards production here at home, not overseas. https://t.co/2nBaEeqGdt

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    Happy Birthday, Vice President Vance. We met and became friends during our time together on the campaign trail and during the transition. Together with President Trump, we planned what we knew would become the most effective administration in history. I never imagined it would https://t.co/wkHgVubpE6

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    The only reason I would ever miss our cabinet meeting at Camp David - to celebrate my amazing daughter Casey’s White Coat ceremony at Mount Sinai Medical School! I could not be more proud. What an awesome event. https://t.co/IGIhWqPzmB

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    18 months ago, America had literally virtually no share of global semiconductor chip manufacturing. Now, Arizona alone has more than $500 billion in chip orders. We are now building Semiconductor Fabs at massive scale across the United States. American manufacturing is coming

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  48. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “I hope to be considered the greatest friend of the lobstermen who are a great asset.”

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  49. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “I had the pleasure when I was last over in The United Kingdom of going out and having them serve us Maine lobster in The United Kingdom because it was important because we opened that market.”

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  50. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “We promise you that we will use the best data and the most precise data to make sure that our decisions are right for America, and they need to be right for the lobstermen of Maine.”

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  51. Transcript excerptForbes Breaking News

    “That is an easy commitment for us. We will never pick just one winner. That that makes no sense for America.”

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  52. Transcript excerptPoliticlip

    “The last time we were together, I agreed and answered every question on that topic with this committee. And I answered each and every topic.”

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  53. Transcript excerptPoliticlip

    “I have voluntarily agreed in less than two weeks to sit and answer questions on this topic fully whatever questions are asked of me voluntarily in less than two weeks with your house colleagues.”

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  54. Transcript excerptPoliticlip

    “I would ask you if there are any questions that you want me to answer. Please give them to house colleagues, and I am going to answer them all.”

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  55. Transcript excerptPoliticlip

    “But I am here today to testify about the budget, and I look forward to discussing the president's budget with you today.”

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  56. Transcript excerptPoliticlip

    “But I am volunteering within two weeks to answer any and all questions on this topic.”

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  57. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “I am not going to discuss conversations I have with the president. That is not something I'm going to do.”

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  58. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “I met Jeffrey Epstein when he moved when I moved to a house next door to him in New York, right, and I met him then.”

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  59. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “Two times. And that is none for six years. So six years later, I met him, and then a year and a half after that I met him, and never again.”

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  60. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “Probably the total, and you've seen all of these documents, of these millions and millions of documents, there may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period.”

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  61. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “you've seen all of these documents, of these millions and millions of documents, there may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period.”

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  62. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my four children and nannies.”

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  63. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “My wife was with me as were my four children and nannies. I had another couple with they were there as well with their children, and we had lunch on the island.”

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  64. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “For an hour, and we left with all of my children, with my nannies, and my wife all together. We were on family vacation. We were not apart.”

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  65. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “For an hour, and we left with all of my children, with my nannies, and my wife all together.”

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  66. Transcript excerptC-SPAN

    “To suggest there was anything untoward about that in 2012, I don't I don't recall why we did it, but”

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  67. Transcript excerptScripps News

    “That I met Jeffrey Epstein when he moved when I moved to a house next door to him in New York. Right? And I met him then.”

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    defenseepsteinpersonal
  68. Transcript excerptScripps News

    “I met Jeffrey Epstein when he moved when I moved to a house next door to him in New York. Right? And I met him then.”

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    defenseepsteinpersonal
  69. Transcript excerptScripps News

    “There may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period.”

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    emailsepsteinevidence
  70. Transcript excerptScripps News

    “There may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period. I did not have any relationship with him.”

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    defenseemailsepstein
  71. Transcript excerptScripps News

    “I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my four children and nannies.”

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    epsteinislandpersonal
  72. Transcript excerptABC News

    “I assume way back when Mhmm. They traded those videos in exchange for him getting that eighteen month sentence.”

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    blackmailepsteinlegal
  73. Transcript excerptABC News

    “It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated by the Democrats and some stupid Republicans.”

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    hoaxpolitics
  74. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “We talked it through, he taught me, I tell you what, he taught me everything about tariffs. We designed the tariff policy together, and we talked Did you about the believe in tariffs?”

    Open source at 8:05 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    tariffstrade policytrump
  75. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “We designed the tariff policy together, and we talked Did you about the believe in tariffs? Security I didn't really understand tariffs before I met Donald Trump.”

    Open source at 8:10 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    tariffstrade policytrump
  76. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “Think about January 20, he walks into the Oval Office, and by April, full on tariff policy is gone.”

    Open source at 8:43 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    implementationtariffstimeline
  77. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “I went out and found the top 150 Republicans across the country and had them help recruit for me, from Warren Stevens to Steve Schwarzman, Ross Perot, Chuck Schwab, you name it across the country.”

    Open source at 10:15 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    cabinetrecruitmenttransition
  78. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “the Commerce Department has the most tools, right? It has BIS, right? BIS, the Bureau of Industry and Security, Export controls, two thirty two tariffs, that's the auto tariffs, the pharmaceutical tariffs, the semiconductor tariffs, All steel and aluminum, these, and these are not part of the Supreme Court case. They are not. These are durable, defensible.”

    Open source at 20:12 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    commerce departmentexport controlstariffs
  79. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “It has BIS, right? BIS, the Bureau of Industry and Security, Export controls, two thirty two tariffs, that's the auto tariffs, the pharmaceutical tariffs, the semiconductor tariffs,”

    Open source at 20:17 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    commerce departmentexport controlstariffs
  80. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “BIS, the Bureau of Industry and Security, Export controls, two thirty two tariffs, that's the auto tariffs, the pharmaceutical tariffs, the semiconductor tariffs, All steel and aluminum,”

    Open source at 20:19 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    232 tariffscommerce departmentexport controlstariffs
  81. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “Yes. Right? Because everyone, otherwise, you just raise your price forever. So there's a price where so we knew that 15% was the maximizing number,”

    Open source at 25:31 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    eu dealtariffstrade policy
  82. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “So there's a price where so we knew that 15% was the maximizing number, where you do the most trade with Europe,”

    Open source at 25:34 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    eu dealtariffstrade economics
  83. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “we knew that 15% was the maximizing number, where you do the most trade with Europe, and that's the highest price you could charge without denting that trade.”

    Open source at 25:37 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    europetariffstrade deals
  84. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “That explains a lot. Right? So he's like a centrifuge. You you go in and goes zing and it goes back at you faster.”

    Open source at 29:10 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    negotiationtrade dealstrump
  85. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “So if you want to negotiate with him, I said, Use your superpower. She says, What's that? I go, You're a woman of great authority.”

    Open source at 29:16 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    eu dealnegotiationtrump style
  86. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “You know, that's too much. Like don't say no. Don't do that. Because if you go at Donald Trump, he's going to win.”

    Open source at 29:35 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    eu dealnegotiationtrump
  87. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “I go, But, I have to send 50,000 to the family so I can only pay you $150,000 Right. So, only one out of four turned it down. Three out of four said, okay.”

    Open source at 51:09 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
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  88. Transcript excerptPod Force One with Miranda Devine

    “we take a company of ours public, and it's the weirdest deal on Wall Street, because I give my shares double what each of those people gave.”

    Open source at 52:06 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    9/11cantor fitzgeraldcompensation
  89. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “No one's ever checked the just under $4,000,000,000,000 of entitlements. Every politician thinks what you have to do is you have to take the retirement age from 65 and make it a 70.”

    Open source at 20:50 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    dogeentitlementswaste
  90. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “I think we're going cut a trillion dollars a year in expense, and then I think we can, through tariffs and other means, we're going to get revenues of a trillion dollars.”

    Open source at 22:02 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    budgetrevenuetariffs
  91. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “America was built on tariffs with no income tax. No income tax till 1913. None. Greatest, richest country in the world.”

    Open source at 53:01 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    historyincome taxtariffs
  92. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “No income tax till 1913. None. Greatest, richest country in the world. So when Donald Trump says, Make America great again, what he's talking about is from 1880 to 1913,”

    Open source at 53:06 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    historyincome taxtariffs
  93. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “You know who has the highest tariffs against The United States Of America? The number one country with the highest tariffs against The United States Of America? Kuwait.”

    Open source at 55:21 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    kuwaittariffstrade
  94. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “You know who has the highest tariffs against The United States Of America? The number one country with the highest tariffs against The United States Of America? Kuwait. And you think, what? That's insane.”

    Open source at 55:21 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    kuwaittariffstrade
  95. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “Average life expectancy of high school educated workforce so by the way, United States Of America, two thirds is high school educated, one third is college educated.”

    Open source at 59:33 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    despaireducationtrade
  96. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “The difference today of average life expectancy between those two categories is seven years. Seven year average life expectancy. It's not the air. It's not the food. It's not the medicine. It's despair.”

    Open source at 59:44 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    despairlife expectancytrade
  97. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “$2,000,000,000,000 of committed domestic production coming back because of his tariffs. TMC saying, I'll build, you know, semiconductor wafers.”

    Open source at 1:05:31 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    reshoringsemiconductorstariffs
  98. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “About two weeks from today, it goes out. Okay. Elon's building me the software right now. Yeah. Right. And then out it goes.”

    Open source at 1:11:17 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    elon muskgreen cardsimmigration
  99. Transcript excerptAll-In Podcast

    “I will sign a contract with you, ten year contract, cancel it at the end of five years to buy X amount of missiles, and I'll pay you quarterly.”

    Open source at 1:25:14 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    contractsdefensesovereign wealth fund
  100. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “But remember, the tariffs were about fentanyl deaths in America. I mean, the president is not gonna allow Americans, about seventy five thousand, autopsy deaths in America.”

    Open source at 1:00 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    deathsfentanyltariffs
  101. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “India, the prime minister comes and visits, brags about his 1,400,000,000 people, won't let us sell a bushel of corn. And think of the stuff they sell here. You gotta be kidding.”

    Open source at 3:13 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    agricultureindiatrade deals
  102. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “11,000 Mexican troops are guarding the wall because they care about America, they care about America when Donald Trump's in the White House.”

    Open source at 6:58 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    bordermexicotroops
  103. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “The workforce in The United States Of America, two thirds is high school educated, one third is college educated. The life expectancy of my high school educated workforce is seven years lower.”

    Open source at 8:41 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    educationlife expectancyworkforce
  104. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “The life expectancy of my high school educated workforce is seven years lower. Makes me wanna cry. Why? Why is it seven years lower? It's not the air we breathe.”

    Open source at 8:48 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    despairlife expectancyworkers
  105. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “We, the commerce department and the education department, are gonna come out with 5,000,000 jobs where if you're gonna go into that program and get trained, you get a guaranteed job with one of the high-tech companies in America, and they guarantee you a job starting at around 125 to 150,000,”

    Open source at 11:30 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    educationhigh-techjobs
  106. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “America is going to be an incredible manufacturer of high-tech. It's coming home. It's coming home under Donald Trump.”

    Open source at 11:47 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    high-techmanufacturingreshoring
  107. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “Let Donald Trump is going to balance the budget of The United States Of America. Interest rates are gonna drop a 150 basis points during his term.”

    Open source at 12:37 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    budgetinterest ratespredictions
  108. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “Interest rates are gonna drop a 150 basis points during his term. Oil and our gas prices are gonna come smashing down. Egg prices come smashing down.”

    Open source at 12:41 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    economyinterest ratesprediction
  109. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “Each trillion of Donald Trump's investment that he's bringing back with these tariffs is 1% of GDP.”

    Open source at 13:28 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    gdpinvestmenttariffs
  110. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “Elon Musk is gonna cut a trillion of waste, fraud, and abuse, and we are gonna earn a trillion dollars of revenue, and we are gonna balance the budget for Donald Trump.”

    Open source at 13:41 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    budgetelon muskrevenue
  111. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “I know what his goal is. No tax for anybody who makes less than a $150,000 a year. That's his goal.”

    Open source at 21:30 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    incomepolicytaxes
  112. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “I know what his goal is. No tax for anybody who makes less than a $150,000 a year. That's his goal. So you And that's what I'm working for.”

    Open source at 21:30 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    income thresholdpolicytaxes
  113. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “Do realize if we sold those 400,000 a year for 5,000,000 each? You know, that's $2,000,000,000,000 every time. 2,000,000,000,000. We'd have no budget deficit. We could lower taxes on America.”

    Open source at 27:12 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    budgetgreen cardsimmigration
  114. Transcript excerptCBS Evening News

    “Do realize if we sold those 400,000 a year for 5,000,000 each? You know, that's $2,000,000,000,000 every time. 2,000,000,000,000. We'd have no budget deficit.”

    Open source at 27:12 Source-linked transcript excerpt #
    green cardsimmigrationrevenue
Appearances 12 appearances

every confirmed appearance, newest first

  1. 'It Was Nonsense!': Howard Lutnick Slams Canada's 'Political Reasons' For Ending Trade Talks

    Forbes Breaking News · 27 Aug 2026 · 3m · 7 quotes on record

  2. Howard Lutnick: 'I Hope To Be Considered The Greatest Friend Of The Lobstermen'

    Forbes Breaking News · 11 May 2026 · 7m · 4 quotes on record

  3. Senator Presses Howard Lutnick Over Epstein Questions During Hearing

    Politiclip · 6 May 2026 · 1m · 5 quotes on record

  4. Lutnick refuses to answer questions on Epstein files

    C-SPAN · 23 Apr 2026 · 2m · 1 quote on record

  5. LIVE: Commerce Sec. Lutnick testifies at Senate hearing

    MS NOW · 22 Apr 2026 · 1h 48m · no quotes on record yet

  6. LIVE: Howard Lutnick and Lilly CEO David Ricks expected to speak at Semafor summit

    Reuters · 17 Apr 2026 · 1h 43m · no quotes on record yet

  7. BREAKING NEWS: Howard Lutnick Grilled By Senators Over Epstein Links, Broadband Funds

    Forbes Breaking News · 10 Feb 2026 · 1h 39m · no quotes on record yet

  8. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Confirms He Had Lunch with Jeffrey Epstein on His Private Island

    C-SPAN · 10 Feb 2026 · 4m · 9 quotes on record

  9. Howard Lutnick Grilled in Senate Over Epstein Ties After DOJ File Release

    Scripps News · 10 Feb 2026 · 5m · 5 quotes on record

  10. Davos Highlights: Key Insights from Lutnick and Reeves at Davos Economic Panel Discussion | AC14

    DWS News · 20 Jan 2026 · 46m · no quotes on record yet

  11. LIVE: Howard Lutnick and Rachel Reeves to face-off at Davos panel

    The Sun · 20 Jan 2026 · 48m · no quotes on record yet

  12. Howard Lutnick: How America Can Hit 6% GDP Growth in 2026

    All-In Podcast · 9 Jan 2026 · 1h 27m · no quotes on record yet

Themes 6 themes

last 90 days

  • manufacturing manufacturing · posts only · 7 posts · 0 of 0 appearances new
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    “Incredible visit to Lehigh Heavy Forge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. American workers are building massive steel components for our submarines, naval ships, and nuclear industry. This is the strength of American manufacturing. https://t.co/fIBQkh9Np6”

    View on X · 29 Aug 2026
    post

    “This is what American Commerce looks like. Incredible visit to Lehigh Heavy Forge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. They build huge steel parts for submarines, naval ships and nuclear. https://t.co/W1U8v3XJop”

    View on X · 28 Aug 2026
    post

    “Apple is delivering on its promise to bring advanced manufacturing back to America. $600 billion invested in America. Mac mini made in Texas. American workers building the future. https://t.co/19ztDzjW4r”

    View on X · 14 Aug 2026
    post

    “President Trump said we would bring advanced technology manufacturing back to America. Now the Mac mini will be made right here in Houston, Texas. Thank you, Tim and Apple, for your $600 billion commitment to America. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/6AZ5PnywY0”

    View on X · 13 Aug 2026
    post

    “President Trump is bringing Auto manufacturing back to America. As part of its $10 billion commitment, In San Antonio, Toyota is investing $3.6 billion to bring Tacoma production to Texas, creating thousands of high tech jobs. The Commerce Department’s America First trade”

    View on X · 13 Aug 2026
    post

    “Great to be in Yorktown Heights, New York with IBM’s CEO, to see firsthand America’s quantum computing leadership. We are far ahead, thanks to American innovation and the Commerce Department’s cutting-edge CHIPS deals that have catapulted this industry forward.”

    View on X · 10 Aug 2026
    post

    “18 months ago, America had literally virtually no share of global semiconductor chip manufacturing. Now, Arizona alone has more than $500 billion in chip orders. We are now building Semiconductor Fabs at massive scale across the United States. American manufacturing is coming”

    View on X · 29 Jul 2026
  • administration administration · posts only · 7 posts · 0 of 0 appearances new
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    “Incredible to be in Washington, D.C. for Grand Prix 250 with Lip-Bu Tan of Intel and Zak Brown of McLaren. An entirely free race that could only have been put together by President Trump. Wow, what a day! https://t.co/GAyQS33QL1”

    View on X · 23 Aug 2026
    post

    “The Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau just released its analysis showing more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 election. Not just registered but literally illegally voted. And that is just the beginning. More than 32 million more voters’ records will be”

    View on X · 18 Aug 2026
    post

    “President Trump is bringing Auto manufacturing back to America. As part of its $10 billion commitment, In San Antonio, Toyota is investing $3.6 billion to bring Tacoma production to Texas, creating thousands of high tech jobs. The Commerce Department’s America First trade”

    View on X · 13 Aug 2026
    post

    “Karoline Leavitt has been the most successful Press Secretary in history. Always strong, clear and right to the point She has accomplished so much already in her young career, I cannot wait to see where her future takes us. There has been no better spokesperson for President”

    View on X · 12 Aug 2026
    post

    “The Census and USPS working together, make a great team! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/TYS7JmDRu1”

    View on X · 11 Aug 2026
    post

    “President Donald Trump never accepted trade deficits as the cost of doing business., but bad politicians in Washington did. We’re restoring an America First Trade policy that rewards production here at home, not overseas. https://t.co/2nBaEeqGdt”

    View on X · 6 Aug 2026
    post

    “Happy Birthday, Vice President Vance. We met and became friends during our time together on the campaign trail and during the transition. Together with President Trump, we planned what we knew would become the most effective administration in history. I never imagined it would https://t.co/wkHgVubpE6”

    View on X · 2 Aug 2026
  • infrastructure infrastructure · posts only · 1 post · 0 of 0 appearances new
    post

    “Incredible visit to Lehigh Heavy Forge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. American workers are building massive steel components for our submarines, naval ships, and nuclear industry. This is the strength of American manufacturing. https://t.co/fIBQkh9Np6”

    View on X · 29 Aug 2026
  • trump trump · posts only · 3 posts · 0 of 0 appearances new
    post

    “Incredible to be in Washington, D.C. for Grand Prix 250 with Lip-Bu Tan of Intel and Zak Brown of McLaren. An entirely free race that could only have been put together by President Trump. Wow, what a day! https://t.co/GAyQS33QL1”

    View on X · 23 Aug 2026
    post

    “President Trump said we would bring advanced technology manufacturing back to America. Now the Mac mini will be made right here in Houston, Texas. Thank you, Tim and Apple, for your $600 billion commitment to America. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/6AZ5PnywY0”

    View on X · 13 Aug 2026
    post

    “Happy Birthday, Vice President Vance. We met and became friends during our time together on the campaign trail and during the transition. Together with President Trump, we planned what we knew would become the most effective administration in history. I never imagined it would https://t.co/wkHgVubpE6”

    View on X · 2 Aug 2026
  • tariffs tariffs · posts only · 1 post · 0 of 0 appearances new
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    “President Donald Trump never accepted trade deficits as the cost of doing business., but bad politicians in Washington did. We’re restoring an America First Trade policy that rewards production here at home, not overseas. https://t.co/2nBaEeqGdt”

    View on X · 6 Aug 2026
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  • policy policy · posts only · 1 post · 0 of 0 appearances new
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    “President Donald Trump never accepted trade deficits as the cost of doing business., but bad politicians in Washington did. We’re restoring an America First Trade policy that rewards production here at home, not overseas. https://t.co/2nBaEeqGdt”

    View on X · 6 Aug 2026