Howard Lutnick: “This is manufactured and that’s why the president put out a truth saying it was a complete lie,”

It's just sad the way Canada has treated us.

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.

They wanted to walk away. This is politics only. If you think I ever said the words French, do I care about how the Quebecois speak? I mean, what could matter less to America? We don’t care. So the fact is, we never thought those words up.

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