“He’ll be out of there real fast”: Trump says Fed chair Jerome Powell would step down “if I ask”

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/opumdFw Asked to clarify recent comments about the potential termination of Jerome Powell, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the Federal Reserve Chair would leave “if I ask him to.” “I'm not happy with him. I let him know it. And if I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast, believe me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday. On multiple occasions, Trump has threatened to try to fire Powell. During an event at the Economic Club of Chicago on Wednesday, Powell said the Fed's "independence is very widely understood and supported in Washington and in Congress where it really matters." For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Trump #Powell #Feds #Economy #USpoli