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Fed chair gained’t take orders from Trump—and that’s received Trump fuming

Editorial Board Published April 17, 2025
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President Donald Trump erupted at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell—once more—after he appropriately warned that Trump’s chaotic tariffs would gas inflation and drag down the economic system.

Talking Wednesday on the Financial Membership of Chicago, Powell mentioned that the administration’s commerce conflict is “highly likely” to drive up costs, with the potential for extra lasting harm. Markets tanked in real-time as he spoke.

“Tariffs are highly likely to generate at least a temporary rise in inflation. The inflationary effects could also be more persistent. The level of the tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated. The same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth,” Powell mentioned.

He added that the Fed may afford to be affected person on rates of interest however warned that Trump’s tariffs have been making the trail ahead way more difficult. The commerce conflict, Powell warned, may drive the Fed to decide on between preventing inflation and preserving a robust labor market. 

Powell, who was first appointed by Trump in 2017 and reappointed by President Joe Biden in 2022, additionally made clear that the Fed wouldn’t let short-term inflation turn out to be a long-term disaster.

True to type, Trump responded with a livid, unhinged Reality Social submit.


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“Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always TOO LATE AND WRONG, yesterday issued a report which was another, and typical, complete ‘mess!’” Trump fumed, demanding fee cuts and declaring that “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”

He additionally griped that the European Central Financial institution was about to decrease rates of interest for the seventh time, whereas the Fed was holding off as a result of mess Trump created. Not like Europe, the USA is busy slapping triple-digit tariffs on main commerce companions, stoking extra inflation within the course of.

Then, in fact, got here the lies. 

Trump falsely claimed that egg costs are down and that the USA is getting “RICH ON TARIFFS.” Which is true, at the very least for Trump’s rich Republican buddies.

It’s unclear whether or not Trump was calling for Powell’s speedy ouster or simply counting right down to the top of his time period in Might 2026. Both method, it seemingly wouldn’t change a lot, and Powell has made clear he’s not going anyplace. The Fed doesn’t take orders from the president; it was constructed to function independently, exactly to withstand political stress and retaliation.

“Generally speaking, Fed independence is very widely understood and supported in Washington—in Congress, where it really matters. People can say whatever they want. That’s fine. That’s not a problem, but we will do what we do strictly without consideration of political or any other extraneous factors,” Powell mentioned.

After all, this isn’t the primary time that Trump has turned Powell right into a scapegoat. In 2019, he raged when Powell didn’t slash charges quick sufficient. And simply final month, Trump declared it the “PERFECT time” to chop rates of interest once more, regardless of the inflation his personal insurance policies are driving.

Legally, Trump can’t fireplace Powell over a coverage disagreement, and any try would nearly definitely fail in court docket. However that’s by no means stopped him earlier than, and stoking market chaos is perhaps simply the distraction he’s on the lookout for.

Nonetheless, Powell’s message couldn’t be clearer: He’s not right here to serve Trump’s political whims. And he’s definitely not going anyplace.

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