Another day, another CNN anchor getting steamrolled by reality—and this time, it was Pamela Brown who stepped into the ring and got absolutely bodied by President Trump’s Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick. Now, to be fair, CNN hasn’t exactly been a beacon of economic literacy lately, but even by their standards, this one was rough.
Pamela tried to come out swinging, claiming that President Trump’s new round of tariffs—sharp, sweeping ones targeting more than 60 countries—would “hurt the everyday American.” Her silver bullet? A Goldman Sachs report that said prices rose during Trump’s first term. You could almost hear her saying, “Gotcha!”
Problem is, Lutnick wasn’t having it. With a calm that comes from knowing you’re right, he fired back that inflation during Trump’s first term was historically low—the lowest ever, to use his words. And he’s not wrong. You want to know what “runaway inflation” looks like? Check out the Biden years, where grocery bills doubled and gas prices made people consider a second mortgage just to fill their tank.
🚨 COMMERCE SEC. HOWARD LUTNICK with an absolute masterclass against a combative CNN host. pic.twitter.com/QdCD8ElMbb
LUTNICK: "Let Donald Trump fix the American economy."
HOST: "The first time he did tariffs, we did see prices rise on products that were tariffed."
LUTNICK: "We…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 3, 2025
Pamela kept pressing, parroting the tired left-wing line that Trump “sent the manufacturing sector into a mild recession” with his past tariff policies. As if the Biden administration’s brilliant plan to outsource everything to China and then beg for chips and ventilators worked out so well. Lutnick calmly reminded her that tariffs are a response to global trade barriers, not the cause. China, for example, has been gaming the system for decades with no inflation in sight—because they protect their own industries like hawks.
But the best part? Lutnick’s analogy. “These people have all been living in our house… They’ve taken advantage of us… You can’t just live for free off of us.” Finally, someone saying what millions of Americans have felt for years. Our wealth, our innovation, our labor—it’s been a global free-for-all, and we’ve been picking up the tab.
And while CNN clutches their pearls, Karoline Leavitt came in hot, telling Wall Street to chill out and trust President Trump. As she put it, this is “a national emergency”—and he’s actually doing something about it. Imagine that.
So yeah, Pamela Brown can try to twist this into economic doom and gloom, but the real story here is that President Trump’s team is reshaping global trade, putting America first, and not backing down from a fight. Sorry CNN, but your spin doesn’t stand a chance against actual results.
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