#Trump lashed out at the #FederalReserve Tuesday — as his admin tries to fabricate charges against the central bank’s chair, #JeromePowell — & called for lower #InterestRates during a speech touting his economic record [not something to brag about] a year into his 2nd term.
“That jerk will be gone soon,” Trump pledged, even as #Republicans have criticized a criminal investigation into the #CentralBank.
#law #economy #independence #dictatorship #RevengePolitics
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Federal prosecutors served #FederalReserve Chair #JeromePowell a subpoena last week seeking grand jury testimony about renovation of the institution’s Washington HQ. There’s no indication of impropriety surrounding the construction project; #Trump has long feuded with Powell, whom Trump appointed in his first term, over #InterestRates.
#law #economy #independence #dictatorship #RevengePolitics
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •In a speech to the Detroit Economic Club, #Trump boasted the #US #economy has boomed since he took office [nope], saying the stock market is up, prices are down [not at all] & economic growth is doing well [lies]. He vowed to bring down #healthcare costs [yet killed #ACA #subsidies]. And he spotlighted the #tariffs he said were pulling cash into govt coffers [they’re not] & boosting US manufacturing [still wrong]—though #SCOTUS is poised to rule on their legality, & their fate uncertain.
#law
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Only going to respond once, very briefly
So this is all about Trump / DOJ calling for an investigation into lavish bling at the Federal Reserve remodel, all-the-while Trump is demolishing the historical White House to build a gold-plated ballroom named after himself?
Or did I miss something somewhere?
#FederalReserve #WhiteHouse #Ballroom #Trump