Howard Lutnick was an architect and promoter of Trump's tariff strategy. He was involved in setting it up. 'Set up' being the operative verbiage. https://www.f

Howard Lutnick was an architect and promoter of Trump's tariff strategy. He was involved in setting it up. 'Set up' being the operative verbiage. https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/howard-lutnick-criticism-trump-tariffs-controversy-us-economy-impact-13876524.html https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/howard-lutnick-criticis... https://businessplus.ie/news/howard-lutnick-donald-trumps-trade-team/ https://businessplus.ie/news/howard-lutnick-donald-trumps-tr... 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...