‘I’d Love to Fire His A**!’ Trump Declares That Fed Chair He Appointed Has ‘Mental Problems’

Tom Durante Nov 19th, 2025, 2:02 pm

President Donald Trump is clearly fed up with the Federal Reserve chair that he himself appointed, expressing his desire to “fire his ass” during a speech in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

Speaking at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Trump laid into Jerome Powell , instructing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “work on this guy” and asserting he “has some real mental problems.”

The president added: “There’s something wrong with him … I would love to fire his ass. He should be fired. Guy is grossly incompetent.”

Trump didn’t appear to have these feelings about Powell back in 2018, when he appointed him to oversee the Feder

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