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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Trump scapegoats ‘too late’ Fed Chair as his morning goes from ‘Best May in 30 Years’ to dismal jobs outlook

A brutal jobs report led to Donald Trump attacking the chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, again on Wednesday — just after the president had hailed the U.S.’s “best May in 30 years.”

The analysis from ADP found that the U.S. private sector added only 37,000 jobs in April, the lowest number in two years. Trump, in response, took to Truth Social and urged him to cut interest rates once again.

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