Trump needs to end his war with Jerome Powell now -- one way or...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Trump believes lower rates would help spur growth and soothe a stock market that has been going berserk ever since he announced (and then partially delayed) sweeping tariffs.
21% : " White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett was more subdued, saying that Trump and his team "will continue to study [the] matter" of whether Powell should be axed.
14% : After Powell told the Economic Club of Chicago that tariffs could spike prices and confirmed the Fed had no plans to lower rates, Trump huffed that his "termination could not come fast enough," and warned: "I'm not happy with him.
8% : On Monday, furious over Powell's refusal to lower interest rates, Trump took to TruthSocial to call the Fed chair a "major loser," the latest in a series of increasingly heated attacks.
7% : The two men have been butting heads since basically Day 1 of Powell's tenure in 2018, and rumors have swirled since January that Trump is looking for a way to get rid of him.
6% : But if Trump can't or won't replace Powell, then he needs to rein in his attacks and stop making investors -- already dealing with the turbulence and uncertainty of the trade war Trump has launched -- even more skittish.

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