On Friday, Fox Business – which typically extends the benefit of the doubt to allies of President Donald Trump – aired a segment that asked some blunt questions and made some blunt assertions about one White House official’s potential role in a “conspiracy” that has shocked the world over the past week. According to one frequent Fox contributor, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “has a lot to answer for” if he was involved with schemes to smuggle banned microchips to China.

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[–] 33 points 21 hours ago

I'm not a professional, but I imagine this could accomplish:

  • make the admin look "tough on China" to the public eye
  • allow for under the table deal -> discrete income directly to Trump/associates' pockets
  • source
  • parent