# The Fed’s building renovations and Trump’s push to oust Powell

https://mins.news/en/item/80730

- Reuters, 2026-09-30 17:35 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/feds-building-renovations-trumps-push-oust-powell-2026-09-30/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abd4847a32b78000172fddd

> President Donald Trump began publicly attacking Jerome Powell and privately considering firing him just months after elevating Powell to lead the U.S. central bank in 2018. Trump was dissatisfied that Powell did not deliver the interest-rate cuts the president believed were warranted.

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