Staff Reports
Howard Lutnick walked into the swamp in Davos and walked out with his head held high — and a famous environmental alarmist booing him. The commerce secretary grinned at the dustup, calling being jeered by Al Gore “the greatest honor” after he told globalists the one-sided, offshoring orthodoxy had failed American workers.
Lutnick didn’t go to Switzerland to sip champagne and read talking points; he told the room that globalization has hollowed out the West and that America must come first again. He challenged green-energy postures that leave Europe dependent on foreign supply chains and argued for policies that put American workers and manufacturing back on top.
Back in Washington, Lutnick has already started turning words into action, ripping apart backroom Biden deals that funneled billions through unaccountable nonprofits instead of keeping oversight inside the Commerce Department. He voided an advance-payment arrangement that would have handed $7.4 billion to a crony-staffed nonprofit, a necessary step to restore taxpayer accountability and protect American innovation.
That’s the kind of bold, common-sense governing the country has been starving for — not more rule by remote bureaucrats hiding behind “settled science” to justify their power grabs. Lutnick is pushing a real economic playbook: reshoring advanced manufacturing and using practical automation to rebuild tradecraft jobs here at home, even as the press frets about price effects and the usual doom‑and‑gloom economists.
Of course the establishment media and their think‑tank allies are already lining up to trash his message, because they prefer the comfortable status quo that enriches the few and punishes the many. Let them bark; Lutnick’s critics can cite spreadsheets and models while he cites results — real factories, real investments, and real oversight that returns control to elected officials and the American people.
Patriots who care about jobs, liberty, and a future for their children should celebrate a secretary who is willing to take on the swamp and the technocratic priesthood at the same time. Lutnick’s Davos confrontation and his actions at Commerce show the kind of backbone this administration promised: clear eyes, full hearts, and the courage to put America and hardworking citizens first.
