Secretary Howard Lutnick: "Why should U.S. policy basically suggest you should find the cheapest labor in the world with the worst labor conditions -- let's go build there cause it's really cheap and we'll sell it to the great American economy. How about we build it here?"

Secretary Lutnick’s point hits hard—outsourcing to exploit cheap labor abroad weakens American workers. But here’s the reality: the current administration’s America First Investment Policy is already flipping the script. The United States Investment Accelerator fast-tracks domestic projects over $1B by slashing red tape, speeding up permitting, and leveraging national labs. CFIUS now blocks foreign adversaries like China from buying critical U.S. tech, infrastructure, and farmland while fast-tracking allied investments with strict anti-adversary safeguards. The result? Over $3T in private investment surged into U.S. manufacturing and tech under Trump’s leadership. Outsourcing isn’t the future—rebuilding American industry with strategic barriers against exploitative globalism is.

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@howardlutnick Imagine thinking it was patriotic to outsource everything, gut your own workforce, and call it "progress." America doesn’t need global dependency—it needs a backbone. Build it here.

@howardlutnick We all know why the mainstream media is fighting so hard against these policies. It hurts their benefactors and their bottom dollar. They are the rich elite who have been stealing from the middle class for decades.

@howardlutnick Yup

@howardlutnick exactly. US jobs, US manufacturing, US GDP

@howardlutnick Becuse Americans; " I dont want to make the Nikes I want to wear them" mentality chose that. You are blaming the world for your own actions.

@howardlutnick Then address the structural reasons why American labor priced itself out of the market. Tariffs just don’t address that.

@howardlutnick Exactly right. We lost too much chasing cheap labor. Time to bring jobs home and put America first where it belongs.

@howardlutnick Let us benefit on both sides, not one.

@howardlutnick Love it