Fed, White House and Powell
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is under fire from the White House, which accuses him of bungling a yearslong renovation of the Fed's headquarters and has suggested that it could be cause to fire him.
Trump has used the estimated $2.5 billion price tag of the renovation to accuse Powell of “extravagant” spending.
Trump's beef with Jerome Powell centers on interest rates, but he has also started criticizing his management of the renovation of two Fed buildings.
President Trump indicated to Republican lawmakers that he plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a senior White House official told The Hill. The suggestion came during an Oval Office
The White House on Thursday attempted to close the door on President Donald Trump’s role in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, rejecting calls from within his own political base for a special prosecutor and casting his recent comments about the “Epstein Hoax” as a swipe at Democrats,
When a reporter asked if the expensive renovation was a fireable offense, Trump replied, “I think it sort of is."