Far-left CBS host Margaret Brennan, still reeling from her humiliating exchange with Vice President JD Vance earlier this year, once again embarrassed herself on Face the Nation by attempting—and failing—to discredit President Donald Trump’s bold new tariff policy. Instead of engaging in a substantive discussion with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Brennan resorted to baseless accusations, suggesting the Trump administration’s meticulously crafted trade strategy was somehow “random” or even AI-generated.
Brennan, clearly out of her depth, sneered, “When we saw the President in the Rose Garden holding up that chart you helped make, that wasn’t actually tariffs. That was actually confusing to investors because it was some kind of formula, and the countries themselves seemed kind of random.” She then doubled down with an absurd jab: “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?”
Lutnick, a seasoned businessman and key architect of Trump’s economic revival, effortlessly dismantled Brennan’s weak attempt at a “gotcha” moment. With a dismissive laugh, he explained the administration’s strategic thinking: “No! The idea is…If you leave anything off the list, the countries that try to basically arbitrage America go through those countries to us.” He further exposed the real issue—China’s exploitation of trade loopholes—saying, “The president put tariffs on China in 2018, and what China started doing is they started going through other countries to America. They just [passed products] through other countries to America.”
President Trump, a master negotiator who built his career on outmaneuvering adversaries, was never going to let foreign nations continue cheating American workers. Lutnick emphasized Trump’s resolve: “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.’”
The new tariffs are a direct response to decades of unfair trade practices that have hollowed out U.S. manufacturing. Lutnick drove the point home: “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.’”
Margaret Brennan Accuses Trump of Using AI to Generate His Tariff Strategy & Immediately Gets Wrecked 😂
“If you leave anything off the list, the countries that try to arbitrage America go through those countries to us … the President knows that … so he ended those loopholes”… pic.twitter.com/vX2vRI4QGK
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) April 6, 2025
While the liberal media, led by clueless anchors like Brennan, scoffs at Trump’s policies, the facts speak for themselves. The President’s tough stance on trade has already revitalized American industries, brought back jobs, and forced exploitative nations to play fair. Meanwhile, the left would rather mock than acknowledge success—proving once again that their agenda is rooted in opposition, not solutions.