Donald Trump taps Howard Lutnick to lead Commerce Department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Trump added that in his current role as co-chair of Trump's transition team, Lutnick "has created the most sophisticated process and system to assist us in creating the greatest Administration America has ever seen.
45% : In this role, Lutnick will be responsible for leading the incoming administration's trade and tariff agenda, Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
30% : The 63-year-old executive, who has helmed Cantor Fitzgerald since 1991, has a long friendship with Trump dating back to the terrorist attacks on 9/11, when 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees -- including Lutnick's brother -- died after planes struck the World Trade Center towers where the firm's offices were located.
26% : Trump himself has also become concerned that Lutnick may be using his role within the transition to his own ends, The New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

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