Trump, Jerome Powell and federal reserve
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President Donald Trump, after a tour of the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation, said he didn’t want to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell because of the plan’s cost overruns.
The week was a whirlwind of news, with former President Donald Trump at the center of several controversial stories. From his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to the discovery of his name in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s files,
Jerome Powell has long been a target of President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the Fed chair for not cutting interest rates.
US President Donald Trump has shared an awkward exchange with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by squabbling over the price of renovations to the central bank’s headquarters.