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Trump, Scott Bessent and Fed

‘Going to fire your a**’: Trump warns Bessent to push Powell to cut rates or be fired, calls Fed Chair ‘mentally unfit’

US President Donald Trump has warned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent while again threatening to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if interest rates are not lowered, suggesting Bessent is the o...

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Trump says Powell has ‘mental problems,’ urges Bessent to ‘work on this guy:’ ‘I’d love to fire his ass’

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Trump teases he’ll fire Bessent if Fed doesn’t cut interest rates

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Trump Makes Vaguely Threatening Joke About Firing His Treasury Secretary

President Donald Trump joked Wednesday about firing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if interest rates don’t go down, urging him to “get it fixed fast.”

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Trump urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to take Federal Reserve job

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Trump Says He Would ‘Love’ To Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell

Trump tells Scott Bessent ‘I’m going to fire your ass’ if he doesn’t get Fed ‘fixed fast’

This marks the first time the president has disclosed that Bessent has pushed for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell not to lose his job.

LGBTQ Nation

Trump threatens to fire gay Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Trump then said that gay Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preventing him from firing Powell, but then added that he’d fire Bessent if the matter doesn’t approve, CNBC reported. It’s unclear if Trump was serious.

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Scott Bessent proposed a demotion for the president while attempting flattery on a whole new level.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried taking his flattery to new heights Tuesday—by pitching a demotion for President Donald Trump. Bessent, 63, told Bret Baier on Fox News’ Special Report that he was officially out of the running to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair,