Summary
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a leading advocate for “Liberation Day” tariffs scheduled for April 2, faces growing criticism within Trump’s administration.
Sources indicate Lutnick will likely be blamed if the tariffs backfire economically, with insiders describing him as giving Trump “bad advice” and pushing “crazy” aggressive tariff policies, unlike Treasury Secretary Bessent’s more measured approach.
While White House spokesperson Desai maintains the administration is unified, corporate America fears significant economic damage.
Trump reportedly enjoys the uncertainty, expecting nations to “grovel” for deals to avoid punitive tariffs.
What the heck??? This is bizarre…
Lutnick was trying to competently play “good cop, bad cop” diplomacy for Trump, because of Trump’s personal fixations with tariffs, and was mildly successful as far as successes in this administration go. But I remembered we can’t have any semblance of independent thinking in the Trump administration, no siree. It all makes sense now.