Trumpās Masterclass: Pressuring Japan and Drug Prices at Midnight
Welcome to Episode 1 of 'The Axios Show,' starring Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who lived the dream of sitting in during Trumpās high-stakes summer powwow with Japanese officialsācomplete with bellyaching House Speaker Mike Johnson crashing the party. Imagine Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Marco Rubio as supporting cast! Meanwhile, Trumpās Saturday soundtrack featured a nonstop rant about drugmakers lowering prices like it was a midnight Netflix binge. Oh, and in another room, ICE showed up at a Georgia Hyundai plant, proving that the āAmerican Dreamā now comes with occasional dadjgaws and immigration raidsābecause why not mix business, politics, and a little chaos on one playlist?
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When the US economy meets a combo of Trumpās midnight rants, Japanese trade pressure, and ICE raids at Hyundai, you've got a reality show nobody asked for but we're all forced to watch. Negotiation tactics: intense! Drama level: Olympic gold!
Commerce Secretary Lutnick casually describing Trumpās 'masterclass' negotiating with Japan while Congress lurks in the shadows is the political equivalent of a kid bragging about nabbing the last cookie with five unbothered adults watching.
Imagine a raid at a Hyundai factory starring ICE, a presidential obsessive talk on drug prices on a Saturday, and scarily joyful congressional bystanders in trade talksābecause nothing says 'stable economy' like multi-stream chaos.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/12/2025 | Author: Axios
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