On August 1st, any unresolved trade deals will have their tariff rates snap up from the current 10% to higher negotiated levels.
“Okay. So on August 1st whatever hasn't been settled will be settled and the tariffs go into effect. Right. So all this 10%, they'll all just pop up to some higher number.”
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Explanation
The Trump administration did implement an August 1, 2025 deadline mechanism under which countries without finalized trade deals faced tariff rates snapping up from the baseline level.
A deal will be finalized in which American owners buy TikTok and it moves onto American technology infrastructure.
“I think that deal will happen and uh America will buy Tik Tok because the alternative is just shuts it off and that just seems illogical.”
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A deal restructuring TikTok's US operations under majority American ownership (the Oracle-led consortium) was finalized in January 2026, confirming the prediction.
During the Trump administration's term, Lutnick (DOGE/waste-cutting) and Bessent (tariffs/trade) will together cut $1 trillion in government waste, fraud, and abuse AND raise $1 trillion in new revenue from resetting global trade, balancing the federal budget.
“the idea is to take a trillion of waste, fraud, and abuse out. Yeah. and then make a trillion from having other people... resetting global trade”
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Lutnick predicted cutting $1 trillion in waste/fraud/abuse and raising $1 trillion in new tariff revenue to balance the budget. In practice, DOGE's cost-cutting goal was repeatedly scaled back -- by an April 2026 Cabinet meeting Musk cited only about $150 billion in FY2026 savings, a small fraction of the original $1 trillion target, and the federal budget remains far from balanced.
The Trump Gold Card/Trump Card visa-for-investment program will launch (go out) within about two weeks of this interview (mid-to-late March 2025).
“Of course, about two weeks from today, it goes out.”
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Lutnick said the Trump Card/Gold Card program would 'go out' about two weeks from the interview (~late March 2025). In reality, the executive order creating the Gold Card wasn't signed until September 19, 2025, and the public application process didn't open until December 10, 2025 -- roughly 8-9 months later, not two weeks.
The Trump administration will sell around 1 million Trump/Gold Cards (at $5 million each, ~$5 trillion in revenue).
“the president thinks we can sell a million. So, five trillion dollars. I think a million is reasonable.”
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Lutnick cited the president's estimate of selling around 1 million Gold Cards (~$5 trillion). In practice, uptake has been far lower: by May 2026 the program had received only 338 applications, with 165 paid fee-payers and just one formal approval -- nowhere close to a million.
During the Trump administration, the U.S. government will issue a new federal regulatory standard/rule mandating post-quantum cryptography protections.
“I think that is vital to us... I would bet this happens during this administration... we'll come out with a rule that says America's got to protect itself. New standards.”
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Lutnick predicted the administration would issue a rule mandating post-quantum cryptography protections. On June 22, 2026, Trump signed an executive order ('Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks') directing an accelerated federal migration to post-quantum cryptography, with 2030/2031 deadlines -- occurring during this administration as predicted.
A financing industry (analogous to taxi medallion financing) will develop around Trump/Gold Cards, helping buyers finance the purchase via venture capital or equity arrangements.
“You know what I predict will happen? I predict the just like in the medallion industry for taxi cabs, there'll be a financing industry that'll build up around these uh these gold cards or these trump cards”
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Lutnick predicted a taxi-medallion-style financing industry would build up around Gold/Trump Cards. Dedicated financing services (e.g., goldcardvisafinance.com) offering loans against collateral for the $1M Gold Card fee have since emerged, matching the prediction.
The Trump administration will force through approval of the Constitution Pipeline (New York), which will cut East Coast natural gas prices roughly in half.
“he's going to force the Constitution pipeline, which by the way will drop gas on the east coast of the United States of America, in half.”
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Lutnick predicted Trump would force through the Constitution Pipeline, halving East Coast gas prices. Despite Trump's public backing, the pipeline was not approved -- on November 7, 2025, the Constitution Pipeline Company withdrew its water-quality certification application in New York. A different project (the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline) was approved instead.
Annual US tariff revenue, currently around $500 billion a year, will grow over time to a trillion dollars a year.
“And then you have the tariffs are 500 billion a year now. And they will grow over time to a trillion a year.”
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Actual tariff revenue was far below the claimed $500 billion/year baseline: FY2026 net tariff receipts were about $163 billion after Supreme Court-ordered refunds, nowhere near a trillion-dollar trajectory.
Over the next year, the federal government will launch a major crackdown on fraud (estimated at roughly a trillion dollars a year in improper payments) by cross-referencing agencies like HHS and Commerce.
“The next year you're going to see this government attack fraud. And the fraud is probably a trillion dollars a year of people who just have figured out how to rip off the system.”
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No aggregate government report confirming or denying a roughly trillion-dollar-a-year fraud crackdown was found.
US Q4 GDP growth will come in around 2.5%, roughly a point and a half lower than it otherwise would be, due to the accounting effect of furloughed government workers during the shutdown.
“So our fourth quarter GDP will be a point and a half lower than it otherwise would be for this oddity... We have a 3.8 and then 4.3. We'll probably be like 2 and 1/2.”
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Actual Q4 2025 GDP growth came in at 0.5% (revised down from an initial 0.7%), far below the predicted 2.5%.
US quarterly GDP growth will reach 5% as early as the first quarter of 2026.
“You're going to see fives fives in the greatest economy in the world. You're going to see fives... But you're going to see fives like as in early in 26.”
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Actual Q1 2026 GDP growth was 2.0-2.1% (BEA advance/third estimates), far below the predicted 5%.
If the Federal Reserve gets a new chair who cuts interest rates, US GDP growth will reach 6%.
“I need a new Fed chair who cuts rates. And if they cut rates, sixes. You'll see sixes.”
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GDP growth stayed around 2% in Q1 2026 regardless of Fed leadership changes, nowhere near the predicted 6%.