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Why did Howard Lutnick go MIA before Liberation Day?
As I posted on my social media accounts, not a good sign that the weekend before what Trump calls Liberation Day on April 2nd, when all of his tariffs are going to go into effect, Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who has been on TV nonstop up to this point, acting like a sham, wow, infomercial salesman, all of a sudden goes MIA infomercial. and refuses to do interviews.
So over the weekend, for example, on CBS Face the Nation, they said, we try to get Trump's commerce secretary, Howard Lutnik on, because he's been the one talking about the tariffs and all of these things. He's been promising an economic boom, but our economy's crashing. But Howard Lutnik refused to show up and do interviews this weekend at a critical time.
This is what went down on Face the Nation. Play this clip.
We had hoped to speak to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick today, but the White House declined our request. We do hope to have him on in the near future to discuss tariffs.
In other words, Howard Lutnick refused to face the nation. Now, where was Howard Lutnick? A few signs of where he was. We saw him going into the helicopter and heading out to Mar-a-Lago. So he seemed to be vacationing with Donald Trump. You can see right there the arrow. That's Howard Lutnick right there. But as I said in the post, Howard Lutnick is like a ShamWow salesman.
He's been on TV all this time, and he's been pushing and peddling the most ridiculous stuff by Donald Trump. For example, a few weeks ago when he was asked, hey, you know, The Atlanta Federal Reserve shows there's going to be a 2.4% contraction in the economy, and we're heading for a great recession, if not a depression. Howard Lutnick, how do you respond to what the economists are saying?
And Lutnick's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, say that again. That's not going to happen here. Play this clip.
We've seen worries about growth. I know you said you're not expecting a recession, but investors are on edge over the possibility of a recession this year after the Atlanta Federal Reserve said that it's predicting a 2.4% contraction in the first quarter. And of course, President Trump would not... A what?
Wait, wait, wait. Say that again. A what?
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