Pillow Talk with Trump

The Man Behind Trump’s Tariffs Strategy

From the daily newsletter: a Profile of the Commerce Secretary, and Trump’s kindred spirit, Howard Lutnick.

‘Who’d You Have Dinner With’: Trump Commerce Sec Dishes On Prez's Bizarre Bedtime Calls

Howard Lutnick revealed what he chats with the president about most nights "just after" he gets into bed.

Trump blows up Cabinet member’s phone at 1 am to gossip about TV

Almost every night, President Donald Trump apparently calls top Cabinet officials for late-night conversations. One of those officials recently opened up about what he and Trump discuss.Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick recently did an extensive interview with the New Yorker's Antonia Hitchens (d...

'Errand boy': Trump official reveals what president talks about during nightly 1 AM calls

Almost every night, President Donald Trump apparently calls top Cabinet officials for late-night conversations. One of those officials recently opened up about what he and Trump discuss.Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick recently did an extensive interview with the New Yorker's Antonia Hitchens (daughter of the late writer Christopher Hitchens), in which he discussed a variety of topics surrounding the president's second term. He told the outl…

Commerce honcho Lutnick once called Trump ‘buffoon’ — but now talks to him every night: report

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick once considered President Trump a “buffoon’’ -- but now the pair talk “most nights,” according to a magazine writer given extensive access to the top aide.

Pillow Talk with Trump

The New Yorker profiles Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick who speaks with President Trump “on the phone most nights, at around one in the morning, just after Lutnick gets in bed.” They talk about “real stuff,” like Canadian steel tariffs, and also about “nothing,” which he summarized as “sporting events, people, who’d you have dinner with, what was this guy like, can you believe what this guy did, what’s the TV like, I saw this on TV, what’d you…