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The week was a whirlwind of news, with former President Donald Trump at the center of several controversial stories. From his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to the discovery of his name in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s files,
President Donald Trump used a rare visit to the Federal Reserve on Thursday to renew his pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, telling reporters that costs to renovate the Fed’s buildings were exorbitant. Powell shook his head at times during the president’s remarks.
The long-simmering clash between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was on full public display during a Thursday afternoon tour of the renovation site at the central bank’s headquarters in Washington,
It was not a flattering moment for a president who routinely makes up figures but who is rarely fact-checked by his appointees on camera.
The president’s participation in a tour of the Fed had the makings of a public relations disaster for the central bank. But by Friday, the president was praising Powell.
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As president, Donald Trump doesn't get a lot of pushback, but he got some Thursday from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the renovation costs of the Fed's headquarters
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GZERO Media on MSNWhy is Trump threatening the Fed, and why does it matter?On Thursday afternoon, just before golden hour, President Donald Trump threw a white hardhat over his flaxen coif and strode into the Federal Reserve building on Constitution Avenue.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell intends to ignore Donald Trump’s constant calls for him to resign, believing that doing so would damage the independence of the U.S. central bank, according to a new report.