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He even went so far as to embarrass himself by telling a member of Congress that Americans could avoid paying tariffs on imported bananas if companies would just, quote, build them in the United States.

Build a banana.

Or a banana farm, I suppose is what he must have meant.

But at the same time, Wired reports that in the lead up to the Supreme Court's widely anticipated ruling, which struck down those tariffs, Lutnick's family business was helping companies bet against the Trump policy.

A subsidiary of the business that was run by Letnick's two sons was reportedly buying up other companies' rights to sue for tariff refunds so that when the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs, as it was expected to do and as it eventually did, the Letnick family business would make a killing.

A spokesperson for the Commerce Department told Wired that Lutnick has, quote, no insight or strategic control over the firm run by his two sons, end quote.

But Congressman Jamie Raskin announced just today that he is demanding an investigation into the family's business practices.

And that may not be the only way that Lutnick's family firm is benefiting from his role in the administration.

Politico reports that the Letnick family business has seen its revenues increase 25%, 25% since Donald Trump took office.

And that rise in fortunes has reportedly even irked Trump himself, who apparently thinks his should be the only family profiting off his presidency.

Politico reports, quote, the president's been upset that Lutnick's family is profiting so aggressively off his popularity, and he confronted Lutnick directly about it during an episode at Mar-a-Lago over the winter holiday, said two people familiar with the exchange.

One of the officials familiar with Trump's thinking said the president reacts viscerally when someone else profits over Trump considers his own brand, end quote.

OK, so there you go.

That's the case.

If you're unconvinced, everything I just mentioned is reason enough.

You don't think that everything I just mentioned is reason enough to believe that Howard Lutnick should face some tough questions from Congress right now.

Then hold on.

I got more for you.

What I've got for you is what has become Howard Lutnick's single biggest liability of all.

Never mind everything I just told you.