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... "What deeply interests me is the interests of America."

Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of the Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and Donald Trump's nominee to become the next secretary of commerce, was speaking to an audience of cryptocurrency enthusiasts last April.

"I can't be bought off. OK? There's just no possibility someone can come up and say: Hey, I'll give you a dollar and can you do this, that or the other thing,'" he said. "What interests me is what's great for America. And the dollar is great for America." ...

As a chairman of the Trump transition team, Lutnick has talked in terms of personal loyalty about ensuring that administration appointees have fully committed to the Trump agenda. ...