Mornings with Maria: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: US trade partners 'need to respect Donald Trump' 
March 14, 2025

Take a step back and go over the big picture. So, Donald Trump has said there are five big industries that he wants to take care of: steel, aluminum and copper, automobiles, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and lumber. And those five are really important to us for our national security. [Full Video]

THE STORY with Martha MacCallum: Commerce Secretary says Trump has a plan to balance the budget
March 13, 2025

Our objective is during President Trump's term, over the next four years, we will try to balance the budget. Obviously, the sooner we balance the budget, the quicker we can enjoy the possibilities that exist under Donald Trump's presidency. He would like to replace the Internal Revenue Service with the External Revenue Service and let all those countries who lean on our economy. . . [Full Video]

Bloomberg Television: Commerce Secretary Lutnick Says EU, Canada Are Raising Stakes, Being Disrespectful 
March 13, 2025

Let President Trump do his job. There's going to be a lot of talking, but in the end, there's going to be the greatest growth economy America has ever seen. We are going to export, and people are going to build in America. Those two things are going to happen. And they're going to happen because Donald Trump's going to create fair trade. [Full Video]

Varney Co: Commerce Secretary Lutnick: Tariffs are 'fundamental for national security'

March 12, 2025

The President wants steel and aluminum in America, and let me be clear: nothing's going to stop that until we've got a big, strong domestic steel and aluminum capability. And by the way, he's going to add copper to that mix, too. So just remember, national security rises above all other things. People get lost in this stuff. We must have steel and aluminum. We must have semiconductors. We need to have cars and automobiles. We need to make these things in America. We need to make pharmaceuticals in America. The President has called them out because he knows these things are vital to be made in America. [Full Video]

CBS News: Commerce Secretary Lutnick defends Trump's tariffs: "Let the dealmaker make his deals"
March 12, 2025

We need to have auto manufacturing here in America. It's very important to us. Pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, these are vital things for America, and he is focused on them. Then that's number one. Then, we have reciprocal tariffs. That's number two, which says, let's create fairness in the world. [Full Video]

Meet the Press: Commerce Sec. Lutnick says foreign goods may get 'more expensive' with tariffs
March 9, 2025

The President is on it, and he is powerful on it, and he is not going to take his foot off the gas. These tariffs are part of a drug war. Canada and Mexico must shut down the flow of fentanyl across our border, and China must stop subsidizing the production. The Trump Administration will not apologize for saving American lives. [Full Video]

The Ingraham Angle: Howard Lutnick: Foreign countries that 'live and breathe' off our economy will 'start to pay'
March 7, 2025

All of these foreign companies and these foreign countries, who just live and breathe off our economy, they are going to start to pay. Tariffs are going to save Americans from being poisoned by fentanyl, cut our deficit, and bring our manufacturing jobs back where they belong. [Full Video]