Trump blames the press for all those times he said he’s going to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell
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Remember all of those times tRump said things like this about Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve?
April 17: Around the same time, Trump bragged about his power to fire the “terrible” Fed chair. “If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast, believe me,” the president told reporters, adding that he believes Powell is failing to “do the job.”
Jokes on you for taking him seriously when you should have taken him literally. Or is it the other way around?
President Donald Trump said he has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, despite his recent criticism and the pressure the president has put on the leader of the central bank to cut interest rates more quickly. Asked whether he intends to fire Powell if interest rates are not lowered soon, Trump said, “I don’t want to talk about that because I have no intention of firing him.” Pressed again about efforts to remove him, the president said there are “none whatsoever.”
The real problem? The press taking him literally when it should have taken him seriously. Or something.
For good measure, the president added that he “never” had any intention of trying to oust the Fed chair. “The press runs away with things,” he added.
I mean, it is possible that criminal mastermind Blowfilled understands that he can’t fire Powell and hoped that he could scare Powell away by tottering around making loud noises. Or his squadron of volunteer buttplugs would harass the man into quitting.
However, Powell didn’t run away, people who have so much money that Donald Dumpload can’t ignore them talked at him until he understood – at least temporarily – the connection between threatening Powell and stock market tzimmes. That should keep his hamberder hole shut. For a good ten minutes.
