Trump v The Federal Reserve Chair

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What A Day

2025-07-17

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President Donald Trump spent Wednesday refuting reports he plans to imminently fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The president has been complaining about him for months, accusing Powell of unnecessarily keeping interest rates high. But Trump’s frustrations seemed to reach a new peak this week amid reports he had a letter drafted to oust the man he appointed to the job back in 2017, then asked a group of House Republicans whether he should do it. Firing Powell would undermine the Federal Reserve’s independence. It’s also potentially illegal. Bloomberg Senior Editor and friend of the pod Stacey Vanek Smith stops by to talk about interest rates, inflation risks, and Trump’s very focused campaign of loathing against Powell. And in headlines: Vice President J.D. Vance hit the road to put some proverbial lipstick on Trump’s pig of a new tax and spending law, the Trump administration deported five migrants to the small African nation of Eswatini, and the senior vice president of PBS Kids says the network will have to scale back new programing if Congress lets Trump claw back funding. Show Notes: Check out Stacey's work – x.com/svaneksmith?lang=enCall Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Thursday, July 17th, I'm Jane Costen, and this is What A Day,

  • the show that was going to ask why President Donald Trump keeps being so weird about disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,

  • but then saw that Trump wants Coca-Cola to use real sugar in Coke,

  • and now is totally back on Team Mega.

  • Finally, America has returned.

  • Except that Coca-Cola hasn't confirmed this is happening,

  • but quote, appreciates Trump's enthusiasm for the matter.

  • On today's show,

  • PBS Kids says new episodes of Daniel Tiger could be at risk because of President Trump's rescissions package.

  • And Vice President J.D.

  • Vance travels to Pennsylvania to tout Trump's BBL.

  • That's Big Beautiful Law, not Brazilian Butt Lift, unfortunately.

  • But let's start with the economy, and specifically the Federal Reserve.

  • Yes, the Federal Reserve.

  • It'll be fine.

  • We can do it together.

  • Jerome Powell is the chair of the Federal Reserve and President Trump is very mad at him.

  • He even reportedly had a letter drafted to fire Powell and asked Republicans this week

  • if he should do it.

  • Never mind the fact that just two months ago,