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Miles Archer

(24,408 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 03:19 PM Yesterday

Nutlick tosses Trump's salad, them makes up an imaginary $18 trillion in investments that "we brought in."

Aaron Rupar

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Lutnick: "Serving in the cabinet of Donald Trump is the greatest honor of a lifetime. As his commerce secretary, my job is to bring in investment, and we brought in $18 trillion."

(The $18 trillion figure is made up -- the entire GDP of America is about $32 trillion.)

Lutnick: "Serving in the cabinet of Donald Trump is the greatest honor of a lifetime. As his commerce secretary, my job is to bring in investment, and we brought in trillion."

(The trillion figure is made up -- the entire GDP of America is about trillion.)

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-22T19:11:45.254Z
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Nutlick tosses Trump's salad, them makes up an imaginary $18 trillion in investments that "we brought in." (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
I'd love for someone to ask them where that 18 trillion we keep hearing about is going. Midnight Writer Yesterday #1

Midnight Writer

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1. I'd love for someone to ask them where that 18 trillion we keep hearing about is going.
Fri May 22, 2026, 03:36 PM
Yesterday

Because it is sure the hell not going to working folks.

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