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consistent manufacturing · 30 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 15 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 15 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 14 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 1 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 29 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 14 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 14 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 13 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent trump · 326 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now 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”
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consistent trump · 9 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent chips act · 16 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent ai infrastructure · 16 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 16 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent chips act · 4 days apartThen 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.”
Now 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”
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consistent ai infrastructure · 4 days apartThen 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.”
Now 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”
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consistent ai infrastructure · 1 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 1 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent manufacturing · 1 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent texas · 1 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent chips act · 1 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent trump · 316 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now 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”
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consistent ai infrastructure · 15 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent chips act · 15 days apartThen 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”
Now 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”
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consistent ai infrastructure · 3 days apartThen 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.”
Now 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”
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consistent chips act · 3 days apartThen 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.”
Now 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”
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consistent ai infrastructure · 11 days apartThen 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”
Now 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.”
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consistent chips act · 11 days apartThen 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”
Now 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.”
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consistent tariffs · 309 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now 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”
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consistent budget · 420 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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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consistent budget · 420 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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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consistent budget · 420 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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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consistent budget · 411 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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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consistent tariffs · 203 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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.”
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consistent tariffs · 194 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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.”
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consistent tariffs · 194 days apartThen said
“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,”
Now said“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.”
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consistent tariffs · 194 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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.”
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consistent tariffs · 194 days apartThen said
“$2,000,000,000,000 of committed domestic production coming back because of his tariffs. TMC saying, I'll build, you know, semiconductor wafers.”
Now said“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.”
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consistent budget · 8 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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.”
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consistent budget · 8 days apartThen said
“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.”
Now said“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.”
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Lutnick claims Canada walked away from a finalized trade deal that both sides had agreed to for political reasons.
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“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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Lutnick predicts Canadian negotiators will return immediately after October elections to finalize the deal they walked away from.
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“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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Forbes Breaking News, 27 August 2026
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“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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Lutnick accuses Canada of manufacturing last-minute demands as a pretext to exit a deal they no longer wanted.
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“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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Lutnick says he hopes to be considered the greatest friend of lobstermen.
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“I hope to be considered the greatest friend of the lobstermen who are a great asset.”
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Lutnick says he opened the UK market for Maine lobster, which had never been done before.
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“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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Lutnick commits to using the best and most precise data for decisions affecting lobstermen.
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“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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Lutnick commits Commerce will never pick just one winner in technology solutions.
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“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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Lutnick says he already answered every question on this topic with the committee previously.
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“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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Lutnick says he has agreed to answer all Epstein-related questions with House colleagues within two weeks.
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“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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Lutnick offers to answer all questions submitted through House colleagues rather than the current committee.
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“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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Lutnick insists he is present to discuss the budget rather than other topics.
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“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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Lutnick redirects to budget testimony while reiterating his voluntary commitment to answer all questions within two weeks.
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“But I am volunteering within two weeks to answer any and all questions on this topic.”
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Lutnick refuses to discuss any conversations he has had with the president.
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“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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Lutnick says he met Epstein three times total over fourteen years after becoming neighbors in New York.
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“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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Lutnick says he met Epstein only two times over fourteen years after becoming neighbors, with a six-year gap initially.
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“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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Lutnick claims approximately ten emails connected him with Epstein over fourteen years of documents.
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“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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Lutnick estimates approximately 10 emails total connected him with Epstein over a fourteen-year period.
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“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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Lutnick confirms having lunch with Epstein while on family vacation with wife and four children.
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“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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Lutnick confirms having lunch on Epstein's island with wife, four children, nannies, and another couple.
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“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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Lutnick says the island lunch lasted one hour with family together throughout the 2012 visit.
epsteinisland“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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Lutnick dates the island lunch to 2012 and denies anything inappropriate occurred.
2012epstein“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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Lutnick states he met Epstein only three times over fourteen years after becoming neighbors in New York.
defenseepstein“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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Lutnick says he met Epstein only three times over fourteen years after moving next door to him in New York.
defenseepstein“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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Lutnick claims only about ten emails connected him with Epstein over fourteen years and denies any relationship.
defenseemails“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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Lutnick confirms he had lunch on Epstein's island in 2012 during a family vacation with wife and four children.
epsteinisland“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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Lutnick speculates Epstein traded blackmail videos for his lenient sentence.
blackmailepstein“I assume way back when Mhmm. They traded those videos in exchange for him getting that eighteen month sentence.”
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Lutnick calls something a hoax perpetrated by Democrats and some Republicans.
hoaxpolitics“It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated by the Democrats and some stupid Republicans.”
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Lutnick says he and Trump designed the tariff policy together over a year and a quarter before taking office.
tariffstrade policy“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?”
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Lutnick says he and Trump designed the tariff policy together over a year before taking office.
tariffstrade policy“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.”
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Lutnick says they implemented full tariff policy by April because they prepared for over a year, faster than anyone before.
implementationtariffs“Think about January 20, he walks into the Oval Office, and by April, full on tariff policy is gone.”
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Lutnick recruited eight candidates for each cabinet position using 150 top Republicans including Schwarzman and Schwab to help.
cabinetrecruitment“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.”
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Pod Force One with Miranda Devine, 1 October 2025
commerce departmentexport controls“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.”
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Lutnick explains Commerce Department controls export controls and 232 tariffs on autos, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors.
commerce departmentexport controls“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,”
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Lutnick says 15% tariff rate was chosen as the trade-maximizing number for the EU deal.
eu dealtariffs“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,”
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Lutnick says 15% tariff on Europe was calculated as the revenue-maximizing rate without reducing trade volume.
eu dealtariffs“So there's a price where so we knew that 15% was the maximizing number, where you do the most trade with Europe,”
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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.
europetariffs“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.”
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Lutnick advised von der Leyen that attacking Trump energizes him and he responds twice as hard, like a centrifuge.
negotiationtrade deals“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.”
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Pod Force One with Miranda Devine, 1 October 2025
eu dealnegotiation“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.”
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Lutnick advised von der Leyen not to attack Trump directly because confrontation charges him up.
eu dealnegotiation“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.”
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Lutnick says three out of four new hires agreed to give 25 percent of their salary to 9/11 families.
9/11cantor fitzgerald“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.”
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Lutnick gave employees who contributed 25% of payroll post-9/11 double their contribution from IPO proceeds plus stock.
9/11cantor fitzgerald“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.”
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Lutnick claims no one has ever audited nearly $4 trillion in entitlement spending.
dogeentitlements“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.”
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Lutnick claims the administration will cut a trillion in expenses and raise a trillion in new revenues.
budgetrevenue“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.”
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Lutnick argues America was richest from 1880 to 1913 using tariffs without income tax.
historyincome tax“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,”
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Lutnick claims Kuwait has the highest tariffs against the US despite being freed by America.
kuwaittariffs“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.”
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Lutnick reveals Kuwait has the highest tariffs against the US despite America freeing them.
kuwaittariffs“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.”
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Lutnick says high school educated workers live seven years less than college educated due to despair.
despaireducation“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.”
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Lutnick says high school educated workers live seven years less than college educated, attributing it to despair.
despairlife expectancy“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.”
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Lutnick claims $2 trillion in production commitments returned to US in seven weeks due to tariffs.
reshoringsemiconductors“$2,000,000,000,000 of committed domestic production coming back because of his tariffs. TMC saying, I'll build, you know, semiconductor wafers.”
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Lutnick announces gold card program launching in two weeks with Elon building the software.
elon muskgreen cards“About two weeks from today, it goes out. Okay. Elon's building me the software right now. Yeah. Right. And then out it goes.”
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Lutnick says tariffs are about preventing 75,000 annual fentanyl deaths in America.
deathsfentanyl“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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Lutnick says India refuses to buy American corn despite its 1.4 billion people and selling extensively to the US.
agricultureindia“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 states 11,000 Mexican troops currently guard the border wall under Trump administration.
bordermexico“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.”
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Lutnick claims high school educated American workers live seven years less than college educated.
educationlife expectancy“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.”
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Lutnick states high school educated workers have seven-year lower life expectancy due to despair, not environmental factors.
despairlife expectancy“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.”
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Lutnick announces 5 million guaranteed high-tech jobs starting at $125,000-$150,000 through Commerce and Education departments.
educationhigh-tech“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,”
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Lutnick predicts America will become major high-tech manufacturer as production returns under Trump.
high-techmanufacturing“America is going to be an incredible manufacturer of high-tech. It's coming home. It's coming home under Donald Trump.”
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Lutnick predicts Trump will balance the budget and interest rates will drop 150 basis points during his term.
budgetinterest rates“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.”
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Lutnick claims each trillion dollars of investment brought back equals one percent of GDP growth.
gdpinvestment“Each trillion of Donald Trump's investment that he's bringing back with these tariffs is 1% of GDP.”
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Lutnick says Musk will cut $1 trillion in waste while administration earns $1 trillion revenue to balance budget.
budgetelon musk“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.”
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Lutnick reveals Trump's goal is no income tax for anyone making under $150,000 a year.
income thresholdpolicy“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.”
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Lutnick proposes selling 400,000 green cards at $5 million each would generate $2 trillion and eliminate the deficit.
budgetgreen cards“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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post Lutnick visits Lehigh Heavy Forge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, highlighting American manufacturing of submarine and naval components.
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2093527947793641728
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https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2093133535792013368
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post Lutnick cites Census Bureau analysis showing 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in 2020 election with 32 million records pending review
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2089831550775164989
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post Lutnick highlights Apple's $600 billion U.S. investment and Mac mini production in Texas as manufacturing reshoring success
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2088405871474663723
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https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2088035400874885276
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post Lutnick announces Toyota's $3.6 billion San Antonio investment for Tacoma production as part of $10 billion U.S. commitment
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2087938540487282966
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post Lutnick endorses Census-USPS partnership reacting to Commerce Department announcement of postal worker expertise for household counting
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2087283605785747817
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post Lutnick visits IBM in Yorktown Heights to highlight U.S. quantum computing leadership enabled by Commerce CHIPS deals
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2086852135681954084
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post Lutnick contrasts Trump's rejection of trade deficits with prior politicians' acceptance, emphasizing America First trade policy
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2085320862979227806
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https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/2082556728575496565
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Lutnick states the Kennedy Center will keep its official name but add Trump's name to acknowledge renovation work.
“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 accuses officials of planning to demolish a presidential assassination memorial because Trump's name cannot be attached to it.
“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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Lutnick claims medium and heavy-duty truck issues were introduced late Friday to derail negotiations after ten meetings with LeBlanc where they were never mentioned.
“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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A member of Congress warns Lutnick that lying to Congress is a felony and he will face accountability.
“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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A critic claims Lutnick lied to the House Oversight Committee by forgetting to disclose other interactions.
“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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Lutnick describes concrete chunks falling from a garage ceiling as evidence of dangerous building conditions.
“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's account was that he visited neighbor Epstein's house once, saw a massage table, and felt disturbed.
“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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Lutnick describes concrete falling from garage ceilings as evidence of building deterioration.
“Look, there are chunks of concrete falling off the ceiling in the garage,”
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