Howard Lutnick: “When someone doesn’t want the deal, they make up and say, “Oh, I’ll do the deal with you only if you wear green. And…”

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.

It didn’t happen for math. The math was sensational. It was a great deal,

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.