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The corruptions of this administration are legion, but this isn't one of them. Unless you can point to something Lutnick did to create this outcome, I don't see
by syllogism 7mo ago
The corruptions of this administration are legion, but this isn't one of them. Unless you can point to something Lutnick did to create this outcome, I don't see how he had a better view of the whole thing than anyone else.
- hedora 7mo agohttps://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/cantor-fitzgerald/summary?id=D000021889 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/cantor-fitzgerald/summary?i...
- caconym_ 7mo agoIsn't Lutnick literally the chief architect of Trump's tariff policy? I can hardly imagine anybody more responsible for creating this outcome besides Trump himself, who would presumably have appointed somebody else if Lutnick hadn't been available. > I don't see how he had a better view of the whole thing than anyone else. Given the above, you really don't think Lutnick had a "better view" of the likely outcomes and timelines, including the Trump admin's planned and gamed out responses to certain outcomes, than the average Joe on the street? I think that's extremely, uh, naive.
- pauldelany 7mo agoYes, he is: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/01/30/how-a-global-banking-billionaire-became-trumps-tariff-champion/ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/01/30/how-a... https://businessplus.ie/news/howard-lutnick-donald-trumps-trade-team/ https://businessplus.ie/news/howard-lutnick-donald-trumps-tr... https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/howard-lutnick-trump-tariffs-september-11-1.7475499 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/howard-lutnick-trump-tariffs-s...
- mrguyorama 7mo agoWho cares who came up with the illegal tariff implementation, the point is that a member of the government profited off of their own administration's incompetence. It's obscene. I don't care whether a law was broken or not. You want to profit from government incompetence? Stop being part of the government then.