neo26000
2025-07-25

When I hear the exchange between Powell and Trump, it’s not so much that Trump is blatantly getting it wrong—though that wouldn’t exactly be breaking news. What’s more striking is that the people around him, his ever-loyal acolytes, seem to be handing him misinformation with the enthusiasm of a game show host and the fact-checking rigor of a late-night infomercial. It’s not ignorance, exactly—it’s a kind of confident cluelessness, dressed up as insight and handed to him as gospel truth, all without the slightest pause to, say, open a book or Google something first.

Trump Went to the Fed to Pressure Powell. Did He Chicken Out Instead?

Key Republicans in Congress join in the campaign targeting the Federal Reserve chair. President Donald Trump made a dramatic gesture to ramp up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with a historic visit on Thursday to Powell's home turf, but in the end he offered relatively measured remarks about the U.S. central bank's chief.Trump talked about firing project managers while at the Fed's headquarters, which the president and his allies have targeted this month over an extensive renovation project that has cost more than initially expected. He was asked what he would do as a real-estate developer with a project manager who oversaw such overruns.I'd fire him," Trump told reporters. But then he stopped short of calling for Powell's ouster, saying: "He's showing us the work, and so I don't want to get in to that. I don't want to be personal.". Trump also wasn't that harsh about the renovation on Thursday, especially in comparison with some recent remarks by his allies.Powell c
Trump Went to the Fed to Pressure Powell. Did He Chicken Out Instead?

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  • CaesarHicks
    ·2025-07-25
    Such a compelling observation! Love it! [WOW]
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