Lutnick has become a cheerleader for Trump’s trade war with a “near constant presence on cable television,” CNN reported. But he has privately told friends that he is “not thrilled” that Trump fractured trade relations with Canada and Mexico by raising tariffs from the start instead of using them as leverage down the line.

Business and political leaders criticized Lutnick's comments calling someone who would complain about a missed Social Security check a "fraudster."

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick misspoke when he commented about citizen reactions to the Trump administration's handling of Social Security -- at least, that’s what Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick seems to think.