In an interview with Fox’s Maria Bartiromo, President Trump hinted that his tariffs on Mexico and Canada could increase and downplayed a possible recession in the US despite his top lieutenant, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick,

Maria Bartiromo asked Secretary Howard Lutnick if Democrats were to blame for an Earth-shaking blowup at the White House between Trump and Zelensky.

Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick said that Americans should "absolutely not" brace for a recession as President Donald Trump plans to implement far-reaching tariffs.

In an interview with Fox’s Maria Bartiromo, President Trump hinted that his tariffs on Mexico and Canada could increase and downplayed a possible recession in the US despite his top lieutenant, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick,

“This spirit of nonpartisanship ended on February 7, 2025, with the firing of Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter, the Chairman of the Board David Rubenstein, and numerous other Kennedy Center board members, as well as the cancellation of important programming,” Seller noted further.

President Trump said that Americans would be better off in the long run from his tariffs, which he said would prevent the country from being “ripped off.”

Commerce Secretary Lutnick declared Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press" that Trump's tariffs will "absolutely not" trigger a recession in the U.S. economy. "There's going to be no recession in America. What there's going to be is global tariffs are going to come down,

“Donald Trump is a winner. He’s going to win for the American people. That’s just the way it’s going to be. There’s going to be no recession in America,” Lutnick told host Kristen Welker. He conceded that “some products that are made foreign might be more expensive” but argued that “American products will get cheaper, and that’s the point.”

Asked in an interview with Maria Bartiromo whether the U.S. could soon face a recession, Donald Trump said, "I hate to predict things like that."

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick declared that there will be no recession this year—the same morning that President Donald Trump appeared to suggest otherwise. “There’s going to be no recession in America,

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday that the U.S. is headed for economic growth, not a recession.

President Donald Trump did not deny there could be a recession this year under his leadership, telling Fox News there would be a “period of transition” as his economic policies take effect, as the president’s rapidly shifting tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada have rattled the stock market and led to warnings of an economic downturn.