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Howard Lutnick

What's on Howard Lutnick's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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opening markets for U.S. farmers 28% · newthe Toyota plant walkthrough 20% · newKorea Zinc as the model case 17% · newunleashing the Central Valley 13% · neweverything else 22%
#1
Lutnick Takes the Export Gospel to Bakersfield

The Commerce Secretary sat down with Kern County growers and local leaders to pitch Trump's farm-export push.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick touts Trump export push at Bakersfield farm roundtable

KBAK · 2026-08-12
our translation

farm country is where tariff pain lands first. show up in person, promise foreign buyers by name, and the complaints stay a local story instead of a national one.

new — Bakersfield farm roundtable held todayvery sure · 3 sources
#2
Hard Hats in San Antonio, Cameras Rolling
new — Toyota San Antonio tour livestreamed Tuesdaypretty sure · 2 sources
#3
One Name-Check, One 11% Stock Pop
new — Named beside Trump, shares rose 11%pretty sure · 2 sources
#4
‘We Need to Unleash the Central Valley’
new — Quoted with Rep. Vince Fong todayhonestly, a hunch · 2 sources
wednesday, august 12
Tell Kern County growers their buyers are coming back(on the schedule)
Put on the hard hat at Toyota, stand near Cruz(reported)
Check whether Korea Zinc's 11% pop held overnight(reported)
Say ‘unleash’ at least twice before lunch(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

‘We need to unleash the Central Valley’: Commerce Secretary Lutnick holds roundtable with Rep. Vince Fong

news.google.com · 2026-08-12

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