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Trump urges Bessent to "convince" Powell to drop the Intrerest Rate as soon as possible.
According to Golden Finance, on November 20, at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum held at the Kennedy Center, Trump stated in a speech that he would like to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, but Treasury Secretary Scott Basset was obstructing him. Trump urged Basset to "convince" Powell to drop interest rates as soon as possible and threatened that if the Fed did not cut rates, he would fire Basset, saying, "You have to convince him, Scott. The only thing you messed up was the Fed. Because the Fed's interest rate is too high, Scott. If you don't solve this problem quickly, I'm going to fire you."

