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Howard Lutnick: “The President woke up this morning and he saw it and he just…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick talks inflation, recession fears and more

Published | Video Starts at 00:08

So the Canadian electricity tariffs on the US Are off. Off. How did that happen? Well, The President woke up this morning and he saw it and he just jumped right on it. He sent out a couple of tweets this morning and truths that made it crystal clear that you can't have a Canadian premier sort of attacking, effectively tacking on a 25% tax on Americans energy, you know, a couple of states. (00:08–00:15)

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