Trump again threatens to fire Powell if he doesn't step down
Government
April 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump again threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he doesn't step down from his position in May. "Then I'll have to fire him," the president said on Fox Business . "If he's not leaving on time -- I've held back firing him. I've wanted to fire him, but I hate to be controversial. I want to be uncontroversial." Powell's term as chair ends on May 15 and Trump does not have the authority to fire him without cause. But his nominated replacement,
din zilele anterioare