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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Mackey

Trump says he’d ‘love to fire’ Jerome Powell in latest attack on Fed chair

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Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell moves to the podium at the White House in 2017. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

Donald Trump launched another attack against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monday, calling the central banker a “fool” and once again suggesting he would like to fire him.

Trump launched his latest attack on Powell during a press conference with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, repeating false claims about the cost of a renovation of the central bank headquarters, and told reporters that he might file a lawsuit against Powell for “gross incompetence”.

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