As the ‘face of the Trump Tariffs,’ Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has had a tumultuous and ambitious first month in office. But there have been other ambitious efforts that have framed the first 30 days of Cantor Fitzgerald’s former chief executive that might hint at his larger agenda: from the proposed takeover of the USPS to the reshaping of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, there are larger, longer-term plans that show a sense of urgency, scale, and ambition that prove Commerce is out to distance itself from Treasury.
In this exclusive member brief only for Plus members like you, we’re documenting the First 100 Days of the Trump Administration’s Commerce Department, the fallout from the back-and-forth of tariffs, and how Lutnick’s PR campaign is being received while he gets to work in the biggest role in Commerce.
