Overview

• Steve Bannon labeled Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's media appearances as a near 'unmitigated disaster' in promoting Trump's trade policies.
• Bannon argued that President Trump should replace Lutnick's media role with other advisors, including Kevin Hassett, Jamieson Greer, and Peter Navarro.
• He ridiculed Lutnick's stance on automation in U.S. manufacturing, dismissing the idea that automation would improve lives over creating human jobs.
• Bannon suggested Stephen Miller take on a larger role in shaping and communicating the administration's economic vision.
• Lutnick previously claimed on CBS News that millions of Americans could soon be assembling iPhones domestically, signaling a shift in manufacturing priorities.