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112 quotes from Howard Lutnick
“There's going to be electricians.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick describing jobs he expected reshored manufacturing to create.
CBS — Face the Nation
“They're taking our money.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick describing U.S. trade deficits.
CBS — Face the Nation
“This is a separate tariff to create action from Mexico and action from Canada.”
— Howard Lutnick
January 29, 2025   •   Lutnick explaining Trump's threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico over border security and fentanyl.
Senate Commerce Committee Confirmation Hearing
“This is what the President is here to fix for America.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick describing Trump's manufacturing and trade agenda.
CBS — Face the Nation
“We're aggressively rebuilding domestic manufacturing.”
— Howard Lutnick
January 1, 2026   •   Lutnick describing the administration's industrial policy.
U.S. Department of Commerce
“Millions and millions of those jobs.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 1, 2025   •   Lutnick predicting large-scale skilled-trade employment resulting from automated domestic manufacturing.
CNBC
“A particular product's price may go up.”
— Howard Lutnick
January 29, 2025   •   Lutnick acknowledging that tariffs can increase individual product prices while disputing that they necessarily produce broader inflation.
Senate Commerce Committee Confirmation Hearing
“Donald Trump is bringing growth to America.”
— Howard Lutnick
March 9, 2025   •   Lutnick defending Trump's economic agenda.
NBC — Meet the Press
“They're earning our money.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick discussing countries that run trade surpluses with the United States.
CBS — Face the Nation
“It is so fun to work for him.”
— Howard Lutnick
July 20, 2025   •   Lutnick discussing his working relationship with President Trump.
CBS — Face the Nation
“You need to reset the power of the United States of America.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick explaining the administration's tariff strategy.
CBS — Face the Nation
“The most important thing America has ever had.”
— Howard Lutnick
March 11, 2025   •   Lutnick's description of Trump's economic policies while defending them against concerns about recession.
CBS News
“Strong domestic industries are an asset, not a flaw.”
— Howard Lutnick
January 1, 2026   •   Lutnick arguing for domestic industrial capacity rather than extensive reliance on global supply chains.
U.S. Department of Commerce
“The easiest way to find the fraudster is to stop payments.”
— Howard Lutnick
March 1, 2025   •   Lutnick discussing fraud detection in federal benefit programs.
All-In Podcast
“It's going to be automated.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick explaining that reshored electronics production would rely heavily on automation rather than recreating existing overseas labor models.
CBS — Face the Nation
“They want to avoid the tariffs.”
— Howard Lutnick
March 3, 2025   •   Lutnick arguing that Trump's threatened tariffs were encouraging companies to move production to the United States.
U.S. Department of Commerce
“What do we want to make in America?”
— Howard Lutnick
February 10, 2026   •   Lutnick discussing tariff policy and construction materials during congressional testimony.
Senate Appropriations Committee
“He's just not going to take it anymore.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick describing Trump's approach to foreign trade partners.
CBS — Face the Nation
“Protect, reshore, and revive manufacturing capacity.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 1, 2026   •   Lutnick describing Commerce Department trade and industrial policy.
U.S. Department of Commerce
“They produce growth.”
— Howard Lutnick
March 11, 2025   •   Lutnick describing the expected effects of Trump's economic policies.
CBS News