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Howard Lutnick: “Tariffs are bringing in 40 billion a month, reducing our…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:29

So this is the power of giving the Tariff and the economic policy to a businessman in the Oval Office who understands we can make America better, we can make America stronger. Tariffs are bringing in 40 billion a month, reducing our deficit. You know, how much taxes we'd have to charge Americans, which is how much money. You know, I do wonder. (07:29–07:34)

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Asserts that tariffs generate $40 billion monthly, reducing the U.S. deficit.

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