Reporter Asks Trump Straight-Up: 'Do You Plan To Fire Jerome Powell?'

Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Trump was asked if he will fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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00:00I think he's doing a terrible job I think we should be no I think we should

00:09be three points lower interest rate he's costing our country a lot of money we

00:15should be number one and we're not and that's because of Jerome Powell in terms

00:20of interest we are number one in the world look I'll tell you a little

00:24simple a little simple language one year ago our country was a dead country

00:31we were going nowhere except down we were the laughingstock all over the

00:35world and now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world we're number one

00:40everywhere anywhere in the world and that's all they're talking about is our

00:45country one year ago is a dead country now it's the hottest country anywhere in

00:50the world