We don’t hear a lot of news about Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and that’s a shame, because he is a very smart man.
This week, he is at the World Economic Forum and in one set of remarks at the event, he explained to the other attendees how globalization has failed the west and America.
He also included a pointed warning to other countries that they should be adopting an ‘America First’ type of policy for their own people.
This is really outstanding.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
HOWARD LUTNICK: Well, I think you should start at a much higher level.
Okay. We are in Davos, at the World Economic Forum, and the Trump administration—and myself—we are here to make a very clear point.
Globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy. It is what the WEF has stood for, which is export offshore, far-shore, find the cheapest labor in the world and the world is a better place for it.
The fact is, it has left America behind. It has left the American worker behind. And what we are here to say is that America First is a different model—one that we encourage other countries to consider—which is that our workers come first. We can have policies that impact our workers.
Sovereignty is your borders. You’re entitled to have borders. You shouldn’t offshore your medicine. You shouldn’t offshore your semiconductors. You shouldn’t offshore your entire industrial base and have it be hollowed out beneath you.
You should not be dependent for that which is fundamental to your sovereignty on any other nation. And if you’re going to be dependent on someone, it darn well better be your best allies.
Okay? And so that is a different way of thinking. It is completely different than the WEF.
I view the WEF as not a flagpole in the middle, but in fact they are the flag—whichever way the wind blew.
So with blue, you should have solar, you should have wind. Why are you going to do solar and wind? Why would Europe agree to be net zero in 2030 when they don’t make a battery? They don’t make a battery.
So if they go 2030, they are deciding to be subservient to China, who makes the batteries. Why would you do that?
Watch the video below:
Globalization has FAILED.
Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic Forum:
“The Trump Administration and I are here to make a very clear point—globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy… and it has left America behind.”
America is… pic.twitter.com/Urxl7pZwSe
— U.S. Commerce Dept. (@CommerceGov) January 20, 2026
In Trump’s second term, he has surrounded himself with some truly amazing people. Lutnick is one of them.
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