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KENNEDY: If Vietnam came to you and said, 'You win. We're gonna remove all tariffs and all trade barriers. Would the US please do the same?" Would you accept that deal? LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do KENNEDY: What's the purpose of reciprocity then?

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posts like this beg for some question/explanation. Like, Who?? in the US is going to make these products? Easy for Lutnick to say make them here but they can't say who will make them here. And that is because we are not and can't be set up to manufacture them here.

And who in their right business mind would EVEN even think of opening a manufacturing plant here NOT KNOWING what the cost of even building the structure would be from day to day? Then add on ALL the components that go into manufacturing ANYTHING and you’d realize ALL of this is JUST performance.

And, I just read that Florida is passing a bill to let kids work in the fields since the felon is deporting their field workers so those young fingers aren't available either.

Kennedy is 73. Retire old white boy. I am sure if he is half as smart as he thinks he is funny i am sure he can entertain his wife/partner until his dying days and not abuse “We the People”. He is just noisy old white guy that would voted to leave the US become a confederate. What the hell? Is Wrong

If you want to make stuff in the US, either the consumer must pay for the increased cost of manufacturing, or you need to subsidize the domestic manufacturing. I understand that simple economic fact. Why do you have apparent incompetent people filling official positions?

That is the sad part about stupid America ... millions don't know the difference and that is what Vance is counting on. He only speaks to a specific group ... not the whole country. And the Stupids buy his bullshit.

In case you are wondering why Kennedy chose Vietnam: there’s a huge population of Vietnamese Americans in Louisiana and a lot of remittances from those families go to Vietnam. This is a rare instance of him actually giving a piece of a fuck about his constituents. I’m almost, hard to say, impressed

Well...from a practical point of view - in Congress that's HOW you get reelected: support the interests of your constituency. If it's "just barely" and your opponent convinces people they can do better, you'll lose. People like to act like you win by busting your gut or being nice - but it's just

Once AGAIN it just PROVES Trump has NO CLUE what he's actually doing and is just flying by the seat of his pants, making IMPORTANT decisions based on HIS WHIMS AT THAT MOMENT! That is NOT how you RUN a Country! It's NOT even how your RUN a business! It's how a SPOILED CHILD behaves!😡

Why would ANY country make a deal with the USA? Just because you buy more goods from them doesn’t mean you’re getting cheated in some way. They produce the stuff your market wants/needs. Why don’t you produce them?

Democrats asks questions to people from this regime simply to expose their incompetence and vacuous knowledge. It just does not work with republican voters, who one would say are similarly inane.

Republican voters never see what people like Lutnick say. Local News doesn't show it, podcasts don't show it, radio stations don't cover it, Fox, Oann, newsmaxx no not at all. Phone feeds are designed so they never will.

Tired of these incompetent idiots I am so done with this administration nothing but hate and lies Why are we paying dtrumpf, his cabinet, and the entire republican establishment to keep lying to all of us?

You guys have 30 minute wait times to vote, active voter suppression, felony disenfranchisement, and blatant gerrymandering. I think it's a little more complicated than a lazy electorate.

1. How the hell did Lutnick accrue billions of dollars? He's so naïve and such a boob that he'd likely fall for any scam – like Trump's tariffs. 2. Republicans in disarray, yay. 3. Damn this timeline for making me think that Sen Foghorn Kennedy is right about something.

He’s tap-dancing. Trump wants tariffs because it plays to his MAGA crowd. It’s power and control to get more and more. It’s all about that, not making things better for us.

Lutnick is the biggest cheerleader of absolutely nothing. He has nothing, he says nothing, he believes in nothing, he knows absolutely nothing that is going on, he has absolutely no idea what he is even talking about, the subject matter or what it is he is saying. Lunatic

When you listen to NutLick speak, how can you doubt that they only have criminal intent in mind ? There is no logic, no plan, no constructive initiatives. If he were truthful about his intent, he would have to reshore first before cutting other countries off.

Nutlick and TACO actually think America must make everything she needs because their mistrust and misunderstanding of other countries (and their resident "others") won't allow them to think otherwise.

F**k me Nutlick is indeed not the sharpest tool in the shed is he? He has swallowed the Trump Koolaid and eaten the glass and jug it came in! How the bloody hell did this guy get to be a billionaire.

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Senator Kennedy is way smarter than he acts and talks. He was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England and graduated from the University of Virginia Law school. Why he acts like a dumb hick most of the time is because he wants to appeal to dumb hicks.

Upon rewatching that movie as an adult, Judge Haller wasn't against Vinny, he just wanted respect for his courtroom. He and the opposing lawyer, were played almost as villains, but they both were fair in their process.

What a billionaire perspective- he mentions a couple times that we have all the money, or the bigger bank account, therefore we have the power & can get our way, instead of negotiating a mutually beneficial deal. Trump's lifelong way of doing business. A rich bully throwing his weight around.

"LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do" "...because Mango Messiah's golf course isn't fully built yet." Next Dem POTUS needs to promise that ALL bribes and emoluments are getting destroyed and that any country that refuses will be sanctioned.

I would love to know what Vietnam is purchasing from China and reselling to us. Perhaps Vietnam is purchasing from China some of the raw materials it needs to make the products we want. And finally, perhaps Vietnam needs very little of what we have to offer. But this is how my brain works.

Yes, why would Vietnam want anything from the states? Net services yes, bit Trump ignores that, just as he ignores the enormous amount of net services Europe buys, and all the weapons that NATO buys from the US. Amatør Elves the US is...

I refuse to buy a $3 hot dog from that guy’s cart because he refuses to pay me $3 for my ability to craft an effective Powerpoint presentation. Sure, i’d have a convenient, delicious hot dog, but he’d be stealing from me. I am smart.

He’s charging you $3 for a hot dog like he didn’t just go to the store and buy that hot dog for $1.50. You are a very wise economist for not letting him rip you off like that.

They're trying to redefine the meaning of reciprocity the same way they've tried with woke and DEI. You don't call tariffs applied to nations you have a trade deficit with reciprocal. You call them protectionist. Reciprocal tariffs are when the other nation retaliates against your protectionism.

Believe it or not, Kennedy has a degree from Oxford. He's not as stupid as he acts. he does the Foghorn Leghorn voice as a prop. He is an awful human being. Just not as stupid as he plays for his constituents.

he is a disgusting human being...be has a good education and is smart....and all he does is put on a show to make himself richer at the expense of thousands suffering and dying..nazi...total piece of scum...one of the first who needs to be hung from the lamp post

Just like Rep. Troy Nehls (R., Texas) who said, "If Donald Trump says tariffs work, tariffs work. Period. Because Donald Trump is really never wrong."

Lutnick’s company, Cantor Fitzgerald, took a direct hit by the first plane on 9/11 and nearly all of his employees perished. He was spared only because he was walking his child to school and wasn’t yet in the office.

What did Lutnick do to get the '' Honarable'' placed alongside his name? The man's an idiot, who's idea of tariffs is that the US can place tariffs on every one, but it's unfair for countries to place tariffs on the US in retaliation for US tariffs on their country.

It is giving lying used car salesmen a “BLACK EYE” - OH, HOW OUR ONCE GREAT NATION HAS REGRESSED IN THE LAST 134 DAYS SINCE “THE ORANGE BUFFOON” BECAME A PSYCHOTIC CHILD AGAIN ! REMEMBER 8647 TO CURE OUR COUNTRY OF THIS INSOLENT ASSH*LE ONCE AND FOR ALL !!

In 1990, Trump was in the middle of bankrupting casinos and the Trump org, banks bailed him out with the stipulation that someone else controlled the finances, while giving him an allowance of $450k/month. And it wasn't enough. www.tampabay.com/archive/1990...

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‘I thought he’d run it like a business’ How are Tr*mp airlines, steaks, and casinos doing? Combine business and personal and he’s got more bankruptcies than children He’s running it EXACTLY like his businesses

Dentures are uncomfortable and he probably doesn’t have enough bone left to do tooth implants. Why are you mocking him because he doesn’t have teeth? Shouldn’t you be more upset about the guy who doesn’t understand the basic economic theory tariffs are founded on but somehow is in charge of them? 🤷‍♂️

The fundamental lack of understanding trade by Howard Lutnick is absolutely breathtaking to behold. I'm honestly surprised that he has a bachelor's degree, let alone a B.A. in economics. Haverford College should look into rescinding that degree before he does more damage to their reputation.