Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick defended President Trump’s approach to tariffs, saying on Sunday the president is focused on stopping fentanyl from entering the country and is actively engaging with targeted countries to find common ground.

But if fentanyl does not end, or he's uncertain about it, he will stay this way until he is comfortable," Lutnick said of the addictive and deadly opioid in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press." "This is black and white.