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Uncle Joe

(61,695 posts)
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 02:19 PM Apr 17

'Very damaging': Richard Quest reacts to Trump trashing Powell



US stocks were lower Thursday morning after President Donald Trump called for the termination of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates fast enough — a criticism he has levied multiple times in a long-standing feud between the president and the Fed chair. #CNN #News


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'Very damaging': Richard Quest reacts to Trump trashing Powell (Original Post) Uncle Joe Apr 17 OP
Powell must be doing everything good for the country BOSSHOG Apr 17 #1
Bosshog, I was thinking the same thing, Uncle Joe Apr 17 #2
it doesn't matter Hieronymus Phact Apr 17 #3

BOSSHOG

(42,411 posts)
1. Powell must be doing everything good for the country
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 02:24 PM
Apr 17

Why else would trump oppose him? And what does trump mean by termination?

Hieronymus Phact

(603 posts)
3. it doesn't matter
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 02:33 PM
Apr 17

It's a Dominance play, He's high on dominating people and institutions. His ego is all that matters.

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