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The Fed shouldn’t hit back at Trump, just talk louder

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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – APRIL 04: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Annual Conference on April 04, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Powell spoke to participants at the conference about economic outlook regarding interest rates and U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent tariffs. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The problem with Trump’s “major loser” jibes at the Fed isn’t that they’re wrong (though they are), it’s that they’re being heard, says Tim Focas

If you closed your eyes and listened to President Trump lambast Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, you might think you were watching this Sunday’s Wrestlemania, not a political announcement. “Major loser!” Trump sneered, channelling his inner Hulk Hogan, as if Powell were about to climb into a steel cage match instead of testifying before Congress.

But while the President’s verbal body slams may be........

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