Trump again threatens to fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell

President Trump is again threatening to fire the Fed’s Jerome Powell if he doesn’t leave after his chairmanship expires next month. If Powell decides to stay on the central bank’s governing board after his term as chair expires, then the president says he’ll “have to fire him.” During a Fox Business interview, Donald Trump also refused to end a criminal investigation into a renovation project at the Fed’s headquarters. The investigation faces bipartisan opposition in Congress and has delayed Senate consideration of the president’s nominee to replace Powell when his term ends on May 15th.