Trump Has Draft of Letter to Fire Fed Chair

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The president waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell at a meeting in the Oval Office with House Republicans.

Posted by retort at 02:47 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

Trump on Powell: "I was surprised he was appointed" (Trump appointed him)[image or embed]
-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Jul 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM

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"Trump on Powell: "I was surprised he was appointed" (Trump appointed him)"

Sundowning grandpa befuddlepants.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-07-16 02:54 PM

"The president waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell"

Donald is reaching into his bad of tricks to try to dodge the ghost of Epstein.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-16 02:54 PM

Another action he doesn't have the power to do but will be granted to him by scotus after he gives the rule of law the finger and does it anyway.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-16 02:59 PM

Hijinks will ensue shortly after Der Dotard's attempt to get rid of Powell, when all those MAGA-hat dorks open their credit card bills and find their interest rates all went up to, oh, say 40%.

Remember the economy in mid-2020? For those who have forgotten or blocked those days from memory, you will re-live them if Jay Powell is forced out...

#4 | Posted by catdog at 2025-07-16 03:08 PM

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