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Howard Lutnick: “Donald Trump is here to protect the American Worker…”

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When you talk to the former president about tariffs, do you see it as a bargaining chip or do you think you're going to see tariffs across the board of 20%? I think we should put tariffs on stuff we make and not put tariffs on stuff we don't make. It's pretty simple. And of course it's a bargaining chip. We can't sell a Ford or GM in Europe. You go to Europe, you can't sell a Ford or GM. Why? There's 100% tariffs. How about in Japan, 100% tariffs? So do you think if we said we're going to tariff you the way you tariff us, do you think they're going to allow Mercedes and all these Japanese companies and Porsches and BMWs to all of a sudden have 100% tariffs in America? Of course not. They're going to come and negotiate and their tariffs are going to come down. And finally, Ford and General Motors are going to be able to sell in these places. How does that sound? Of course they're going to come down. Of course. If you do it strategically, it absolutely makes sense. If you do it strategically, if it's across the board, it creates a real problem. And the question is whether you believe the president is going to do it strategically or across the board. He keeps saying it across the board. Well, when you're running for office, you make broad statements so people understand it. Okay. Tariffs are an amazing tool by the president to use. They're an amazing tool, but he understands don't tariff stuff we don't make, right? If we don't make it and you want to buy it, I don't want to put the price up there. It's pointless, but use tariffs to build in America. If we want to make it in America, tariff it. Or if we're competing with a taffet, but you got to remember, we need to protect the American worker. Finally, someone's going to protect the American worker and Donald Trump is here to protect the American worker. Do you think we make a lot of money in tariffs or if they're used as negotiating tactics? Look, tariffs will come down there. We're not going to have super high tariffs here either. There's not going to be a big pot of money at the end of the day. I love that story, so which is it? Do we make a lot of money on tariffs or we bring productivity here and we drive up our workers here? So it's a win-win scenario. I like both of them. I think what's going to happen is we'll make a bunch of money on the tariffs, but mostly this everybody else is going to negotiate with us and we will be more fair. In 1948, right, we came up with something called the Marshall Plan, right? The world, Germany and Japan were destroyed after World War II and we wanted to export our economy to them. So we made a rule. They could tariff us and we won't tariff them. So they can rebuild, so they can rebuild their economy. We rebuilt their economy using something called the Marshall Plan. Our economy is so awesome that we'll use it to help you rebuild. When should that have ended? What do you think, 1980, right, 1985? I mean, why 40 years are Japan and Germany and all of Europe still tariffing the heck out of our auto industry, tariffing the heck out of our furniture industry? Do you realize all your furniture you're buying that's made foreign? It seems crazy. Why? It's because they tariff us and we don't tariff them. It's so obvious.

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-27. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level
None
Narcissistic State
Grandiose
Authorship
Uncertain
Intensity
18%
Authorship Analysis
Uncertain
Indicators:
  • UTC 03:51:21 converts to 11:51 PM EDT on September 17 — falls squarely in authentic-Trump late-night posting window
  • Extremely brief, zero-elaboration format is consistent with Trump casually sharing supporter content
  • No typos or stream-of-consciousness markers, but minimal content makes this difficult to distinguish
  • Pure quote-share format (no personal commentary appended) is used by both Trump and aides; slight edge toward aide-assisted amplification of a scheduled endorsement clip
Psychological Profile
State
Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (Howard Lutnick (prominent financier/supporter))

Sentiment
+0.62
Clinical
Malignant Narcissism:
Narcissistic
30%
Antisocial
0%
Paranoid
0%
Sadism
0%
Defense Mechanisms:
idealization
Cognitive Complexity:
Complexity
10%
Parasocial Techniques:
Triangulated validation: admiration delivered through a credible third-party (Lutnick as respected businessman) lends authenticity Trump self-praising would lackIdentity reinforcement: frames Trump as protector — activates parasocial bond with working-class followers who project their economic anxieties onto him
Fact Checks (1)
"Donald Trump is here to protect the American Worker"
Unverifiable

Campaign assertion / opinion statement by Lutnick, not a verifiable factual claim. Economic record is contested across multiple indicators (tariff impacts, wage growth, trade deficits) with no singular verdict possible.

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