Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Donald Trump won’t let Elon Musk slide for the way the billionaire left his government position.

Lutnick’s take on Trump’s spectacularly messy public divorce from from ex-bestie Musk came during a sit down with NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon on Friday. Lutnick said that while the pair may find a way of being cordial in future, the Trump will never truly let it go.

“Donald Trump is a really kind person,” Lutnick told the network. That characterization comes as no surprise as the Trump appointee’s penchant for flattery has earned him some less-than-flattering criticism.

Lutnick opened his interview with Ungar-Sargon by claiming he and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff sometimes literally “arm wrestle” over who gets to call himself the president’s “be

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