This narrative is so dumb, and is entirely being built by the media. The president cannot fire the Fed chair.
Rare-Ad-9088 on
He didnt chicken out if he could never do it.
KptKrondog on
What he’s done to that room should haunt his dreams and he should be ashamed of it
Buddha-Embryo on
Chicken Taco with an extra helping of orange grease slathered on top.
hillbillyspellingbee on
“Fuck, fuck, fuck. What else can I do to distract them?”
“Look over there! Scott Bessent is gay!”
Crusty_Musty_Fudge on
Can he publish the Epstein files? Asking for Americans he made promises to
SicilyMalta on
How can his supporters not see what a phony grifter this guy is???
>President Trump said on Wednesday that he was “not talking about” firing Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. But he also acknowledged to reporters that he “talked about the concept of firing him” during a meeting with Republican lawmakers.
~NYTimes
KingThar on
I’m not sure why we call him a chicken about things we dont want him to do.
Pepsiman34 on
Tacos sound good for dinner tonight.
blues111 on
Bro almost crashed the global market and economy just to distract from the epstein list
ProfessionalCraft983 on
If Trump ever successfully takes over the Fed you can kiss the economy goodbye. The fallout would make the Great Depression seem tame.
Extra-Ad5925 on
lol
a) he can’t
B) the consequences would be astonishing even by today’s standard. And while I get trying to distract from Epstein is great – probably not the distraction he wants
Gnarlsaurus_Sketch on
„Let’s consistently ridicule him for deciding not to do something that would be really fucking bad.“
„What could possibly go wrong with this approach?“
I’m no Trump fan, but y’all do realize you’re triple dog daring him not to chicken out with this shitass approach right? Eventually he’s going to take the bait and that won’t be good for anyone.
firstofallimadelight on
I’m glad about this one. As an Xennial I’ve already been bent over twice by Republicans crashing the economy in my adult lifetime. Firing Powell for a petty grievance would tank all confidence in the US Dollar and I’m not trying to see my kids go hungry because of this orange painted anus face child rapist
Drkocktapus on
He also can’t fire him…so there’s that
Big-Plankton-4484 on
Is Rosie O’Donnell still a citizen?
Still-Ambassador2283 on
Please don’t encourage him. Powell is one of the last guardrails left. Good or bad. He is a check on power.
AdPsychological8883 on
Powell is the only thing keeping us from economic collapse. Also, Epstein didn’t kill himself.
dabstring on
Diversion from Epstein
Ouch259 on
He is trying to drive long term interest rates down and rates went up on the rumor of firing.
That is the only thing that will block him.
irishguy_2012 on
TACO TACO Man.
Weak-Hawk-9693 on
He’s changing the subject off the Epstein mess. It’s working already. Now we’re all talking about
– The stock market
– The legality of firing a Fed chairman
– The NYT article uncovering a meeting last night to discuss firing Powell
– Will it help the economy or hurt
– Why is Powell so slow (or) Why is Trump so reckless?
And before long he’ll just introduce ANOTHER mess to talk about until nobody (including his base) remembers Epstein.
Borgmaster on
Firing Powell essentially sinks his economy first ship. Theres no way anyone can take him seriously after that. Right now there is a veneer of functionality because Powell is making decisions and not trump, so trump can blame Powell as a scapegoat for all the bad he pushes out. However everyone knows that if Powell is pushed out hes gonna get replaced with a sycophant yes man. He did it with the feds, he did it with his pr team, he did it with his diplomatic team, he did it with doge, its yes man all the way down. Once Powell is replaced with a yes man the economy can only sink because Trump is first and foremost bad with his money and sees other peoples money as just disposable income.
Socratic_Method_729 on
Trump wants someone to lower interest rates to compensate for his tariffs. But Powell won’t do it because inflation is starting to run off again. I think Trump doesn’t believe it’s possible to destroy American with bad economics. This man may single handedly destroy the US, not just from the constitutional point of view, but weaken the US to the point of its downfall. USSR couldn’t do it. CCP couldn’t do it. But a really narcissistic US citizen can. Destroyed from within, in a nation where everyone thinks they’re smarter than the other guy, but everyone is stupid here.
purplebrown_updown on
He sees inflation rising, and it’s only going to get worse. So he will do anything to distract, even if his actions are counter to the health of the economy. He’s a fucking moron is what I am trying to say.
dreevsa on
Because he can’t
bjenks2011 on
He literally can’t.
He could say, Powell you’re fired.
And Powell would just say “okay whatever, see ya tomorrow” and just keep on working like nothing happened.
Titan3692 on
It’s taco time!
btm109 on
There is no ‚chickening out‘. The president does not have the authority to dismiss the fed chair. He „backed down“ from something he never had the power to do.
He may as well have claimed he was going to ressurect JFK or walknacross the potomac.
bluemooncommenter on
Just reading the headline….he can’t chicken out of something he can’t do anyway….he never had the power to fire Powell.
thecrunchypepperoni on
Him telling Newsom he was going to arrest him, Newsom calling his bluff, then Trump immediately backpedaling might be my favorite moment of his presidency. He hates it when people stand up to him.
Enricoisagirlsname on
From the article:
‚“He’s a terrible Fed chair. I was surprised he was appointed,” the president claimed. “I was surprised, frankly, that Biden put him in and extended him.”
However, it was in fact Trump who appointed Powell to lead the Federal Reserve during his first term before Biden reappointed him.‘
Lying? Dementia? What the fuck?!
NYkrinDC on
He does not have the Constitutional authority to „fire“ Powell. The only way he can remove him is for cause, and that has to be more than „I disagree with him, or he disagrees with me“. Not that Trump ever follows the law, but we shouldn’t pretend he can do what he says when he does not have the authority to actually do it.
hskfmn on
He can’t really “chicken out” of something he doesn’t have the power to do. He can shout, and stamp his feet, and bloviate all he wants…but the fact remains that he quite literally *CAN’T* fire Jerome Powell.
Monkfich on
All this just distraction helps Trump move on from the Epstein stuff.
naththegrath10 on
Maybe it’s just me… but can we stop trying to bait Trump into doing terrible things when he folds out of doing them in the first place?
CurlOfTheBurl11 on
Trump literally does not possess the authority to do so, and if he tries, Powell should just stay right where he is.
clickmagnet on
Being a jelly-livered coward is actually Trump’s least bad quality, and the only remaining check and balance on his impulse to do the worst possible thing in every situation.
Dear_Wing_4819 on
Oh like he chickened out of releasing the Epstein lists
Jolly_Grocery329 on
Because he can’t. Not a government agency dude
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President Donald Trump denied he was preparing to fire Jerome Powell after reports that the sacking of the Federal Reserve chair would be imminent.
Trump blasted the Central Bank chief in the Oval Office on Wednesday but denied he would fire him.
“No, I’m not talking about that,” the president said. “We get to make a change in the next eight months or so, and we’ll pick somebody that’s good.”
Read the developing story, [here](https://www.thedailybeast.com/taco-trump-instantly-chickens-out-of-firing-fed-chair-jerome-powell/).
The media kicking a bees nest for clicks
This narrative is so dumb, and is entirely being built by the media. The president cannot fire the Fed chair.
He didnt chicken out if he could never do it.
What he’s done to that room should haunt his dreams and he should be ashamed of it
Chicken Taco with an extra helping of orange grease slathered on top.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck. What else can I do to distract them?”
“Look over there! Scott Bessent is gay!”
Can he publish the Epstein files? Asking for Americans he made promises to
How can his supporters not see what a phony grifter this guy is???
>President Trump said on Wednesday that he was “not talking about” firing Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. But he also acknowledged to reporters that he “talked about the concept of firing him” during a meeting with Republican lawmakers.
~NYTimes
I’m not sure why we call him a chicken about things we dont want him to do.
Tacos sound good for dinner tonight.
Bro almost crashed the global market and economy just to distract from the epstein list
If Trump ever successfully takes over the Fed you can kiss the economy goodbye. The fallout would make the Great Depression seem tame.
lol
a) he can’t
B) the consequences would be astonishing even by today’s standard. And while I get trying to distract from Epstein is great – probably not the distraction he wants
„Let’s consistently ridicule him for deciding not to do something that would be really fucking bad.“
„What could possibly go wrong with this approach?“
I’m no Trump fan, but y’all do realize you’re triple dog daring him not to chicken out with this shitass approach right? Eventually he’s going to take the bait and that won’t be good for anyone.
I’m glad about this one. As an Xennial I’ve already been bent over twice by Republicans crashing the economy in my adult lifetime. Firing Powell for a petty grievance would tank all confidence in the US Dollar and I’m not trying to see my kids go hungry because of this orange painted anus face child rapist
He also can’t fire him…so there’s that
Is Rosie O’Donnell still a citizen?
Please don’t encourage him. Powell is one of the last guardrails left. Good or bad. He is a check on power.
Powell is the only thing keeping us from economic collapse. Also, Epstein didn’t kill himself.
Diversion from Epstein
He is trying to drive long term interest rates down and rates went up on the rumor of firing.
That is the only thing that will block him.
TACO TACO Man.
He’s changing the subject off the Epstein mess. It’s working already. Now we’re all talking about
– The stock market
– The legality of firing a Fed chairman
– The NYT article uncovering a meeting last night to discuss firing Powell
– Will it help the economy or hurt
– Why is Powell so slow (or) Why is Trump so reckless?
And before long he’ll just introduce ANOTHER mess to talk about until nobody (including his base) remembers Epstein.
Firing Powell essentially sinks his economy first ship. Theres no way anyone can take him seriously after that. Right now there is a veneer of functionality because Powell is making decisions and not trump, so trump can blame Powell as a scapegoat for all the bad he pushes out. However everyone knows that if Powell is pushed out hes gonna get replaced with a sycophant yes man. He did it with the feds, he did it with his pr team, he did it with his diplomatic team, he did it with doge, its yes man all the way down. Once Powell is replaced with a yes man the economy can only sink because Trump is first and foremost bad with his money and sees other peoples money as just disposable income.
Trump wants someone to lower interest rates to compensate for his tariffs. But Powell won’t do it because inflation is starting to run off again. I think Trump doesn’t believe it’s possible to destroy American with bad economics. This man may single handedly destroy the US, not just from the constitutional point of view, but weaken the US to the point of its downfall. USSR couldn’t do it. CCP couldn’t do it. But a really narcissistic US citizen can. Destroyed from within, in a nation where everyone thinks they’re smarter than the other guy, but everyone is stupid here.
He sees inflation rising, and it’s only going to get worse. So he will do anything to distract, even if his actions are counter to the health of the economy. He’s a fucking moron is what I am trying to say.
Because he can’t
He literally can’t.
He could say, Powell you’re fired.
And Powell would just say “okay whatever, see ya tomorrow” and just keep on working like nothing happened.
It’s taco time!
There is no ‚chickening out‘. The president does not have the authority to dismiss the fed chair. He „backed down“ from something he never had the power to do.
He may as well have claimed he was going to ressurect JFK or walknacross the potomac.
Just reading the headline….he can’t chicken out of something he can’t do anyway….he never had the power to fire Powell.
Him telling Newsom he was going to arrest him, Newsom calling his bluff, then Trump immediately backpedaling might be my favorite moment of his presidency. He hates it when people stand up to him.
From the article:
‚“He’s a terrible Fed chair. I was surprised he was appointed,” the president claimed. “I was surprised, frankly, that Biden put him in and extended him.”
However, it was in fact Trump who appointed Powell to lead the Federal Reserve during his first term before Biden reappointed him.‘
Lying? Dementia? What the fuck?!
He does not have the Constitutional authority to „fire“ Powell. The only way he can remove him is for cause, and that has to be more than „I disagree with him, or he disagrees with me“. Not that Trump ever follows the law, but we shouldn’t pretend he can do what he says when he does not have the authority to actually do it.
He can’t really “chicken out” of something he doesn’t have the power to do. He can shout, and stamp his feet, and bloviate all he wants…but the fact remains that he quite literally *CAN’T* fire Jerome Powell.
All this just distraction helps Trump move on from the Epstein stuff.
Maybe it’s just me… but can we stop trying to bait Trump into doing terrible things when he folds out of doing them in the first place?
Trump literally does not possess the authority to do so, and if he tries, Powell should just stay right where he is.
Being a jelly-livered coward is actually Trump’s least bad quality, and the only remaining check and balance on his impulse to do the worst possible thing in every situation.
Oh like he chickened out of releasing the Epstein lists
Because he can’t. Not a government agency dude