Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Completely Wrecks CBS’s Margaret Brennan After She Makes an Absurd Accusation Regarding Trump’s Tariff Strategy (VIDEO)

Far-left “Face the Nation” Host Margaret Brennan, who infamously became a meme in January after getting humiliated by Vice-President JD Vance, face-planted once again on Sunday after trying to mock the Trump Administration on international trade.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the implementation of a 10% baseline tariff on all imports, effective April 5, 2025. The worst offenders will be hit with even tougher measures on April 9.

Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, President Trump proclaimed April 2 as “Liberation Day,” marking a new era of economic independence. He emphasized that this measure is essential to protect American jobs and revitalize domestic manufacturing.

The White House also released a detailed chart showing how badly many countries have been ripping off American workers, charging high tariffs on U.S. goods while benefiting from America’s generosity in return.

Brennan brought on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to supposedly discuss his thoughts on the tariffs, mainly how they calculated how much each country would face in reciprocal tariffs. But she instead tried to embarrass him with an asinine accusation instead.

“When we saw the President in the Rose Garden holding up that chart you helped make, that wasn’t actually tariffs,” she said. “That was actually confusing to investors because it was some kind of formula, and the countries themselves seemed kind of random.”

“Why are the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, which don’t export to the United States…Why do they face a 10% tariff? Did you use AI to generate this?” She asked.

Artificial intelligence? Does she seriously think an administration full of incredibly successful businessmen like Trump and Lutnick is that careless?

Lutnick laughed off Brennan’s silly remark and gave her a valuable economic lesson.

“No!” Lutnick said. “The idea is…If you leave anything off the list, the countries that try to basically arbitrage America go through those countries to us.”

“The president put tariffs on China in 2018, and what China started doing is they started going through other countries to America,” he added. “They just (passed products) through other countries to America.”

Lutnick added that Trump was fed up with this loophole and knew exactly what must be done to solve the cheating.

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“So, the president knows that; he’s tired of it, and so he’s going to fix that. “He basically said, ‘Look, I can’t let any part of the world be a place where China and other countries can ship through them.’”

“So, he ended those ridiculous loopholes, and now what he’s trying to say is ‘I’m going to fix the trade deficit of the USA. It’s a national security issue…We need the greatness of America to actually be built in America.”