Trump bashes Fed after bank doesn't cut rates

President Trump ripped the Federal Reserve and the man he appointed to lead it Wednesday after the central bank kept interest rates steady.

In a post on Truth Social, the president accused the Fed and Powell of allowing inflation to spiral to four-decade highs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.

"Because Jay Powell and the Fed failed to stop the problem they created with Inflation, I will do it by unleashing American Energy production, slashing Regulation, rebalancing International Trade, and reigniting American Manufacturing, but I will do much more than stopping Inflation, I will make our Country financially, and otherwise, powerful again!" Trump wrote.

"If the Fed had spent less time on DEI, gender ideology, “green” energy, and fake climate change, Inflation would never have been a problem. Instead, we suffered from the worst Inflation in the History of our Country!"

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