Howard Lutnick: “‘are you actually trying to blow this up?’ And his answer to me was, ‘I’m not allowed to say that.’”

By increasing the production of aluminum here at home, we are reducing our dependence on foreign supply chains and fortifying our national security,

President Trump has made clear that unfair trade practices will not decide the future of American aluminum,

So we’ll deliver the money which was already committed under the Biden administration. We’ll get equity in return for it, get a good return for the American taxpayer instead of just giving grants away.

The words medium and heavy-duty trucks were raised in these trade negotiations on Friday at 4 o’clock. I met with [Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic] LeBlanc 10 times… [and] these were not raised. These were not part of it.