Trump is looking for a scapegoat for the economy.

[kentuck]

That is why he is going after the Fed Chair Powell so aggressively.

He doesn't want to go down in history as Hoover the Second. He constantly talks about "1929".

But his threats only heighten the fears already in the market.

He always has to have an excuse. So if the markets continue to decline and we go into a recession, or worse, he can say he tried to get rid of the Fed Chair and save our economy. It will never be his fault.

Never mind that every economist in the world was telling his dumb ass to stop the tariff bullshit but he refused to listen.

And now he wants to blame someone else.

[Walleye]

1. The flying monkeys are waiting for Trump to tell them who to blame for the stock market losses

Index is on Wall Street are all down quite a bit. Shit.

[gab13by13]

2. He's picking on the wrong person if he's trying to blame Powell,

Jerome doesn't do fluffing, he will bury Krasnov.

[Renew Deal]

3. You are correct. The other will be Dems if they block his "tax cuts"

One of his stooges said it already. (I think Bessent)

[wnylib]

16. So we have to make him own it. Make the market drops, inflation, and loss of jobs stick to him like white on rice.

[flamingdem]

32. This

He owns it and the J Powell bluster is BS.

Even if Powell is "fired" the other board members voted the same way.

[AloeVera]

4. Projection and blame-shifting is what he does.

Typical narcissist behaviour.

The "loser" label is projected onto the Fall Guy.

And somehow he always gets away with it, like any narcisstic cult leader with a supply of flying monkeys and yes-men.

[Bluestocking]

5. It's too late

You can’t do what Trump is doing and not crash the economy. The damage is done. The only way to stop it is to undo everything he has done since taking office. That may not even work at this point.

[imanamerican63]

28. Exactly!

[617Blue]

6. Powell is untouchable. Navarro will be gone by May. *

[Traildogbob]

7. Why??

It’s all obviously Biden’s Fought. (As if the emoji is needed)

[Coolgoober]

8. If he fires Powell

The markets will crash even more especially the bond market

[Quixote1818]

9. 1000% and he won't replace him as he knows things are going south either way. Nt

[lame54]

11. He can't replace him

[Quixote1818]

33. Not now but he could ask the Supreme Court to make it possible. nt

[lame54]

10. I should have invested in scapegoats...

There will be more to come

[madinmaryland]

12. The Clenis. He balanced the budget and managed to also get a

Consensual blow job.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. I Went Further

I was thinking he'd find a way to make this Carter's fault. You know, 50 years ago!
Wouldn't put it past him.

[madinmaryland]

25. Might as well go back a bit further than that and just blame LBJ's Great Society.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. I Thought Of That, Too

I was going to blame FDR for them, but they already do that!

[madinmaryland]

37. I still want to know when they are going to blame Lincoln for...

Isn’t that what they want?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. The idiot needs to look in the mirror

[Wounded Bear]

14. Narcissistic bullies always blame someone else for their crimes...nt

[allegorical oracle]

15. Canning Powell isn't going to stop the bleeding. Trump has plunged the knife

into the economy in too many places all at once. Tariffs, a weakening dollar, expanding joblessness, chaotic and inexperienced/incompetent leadership at every govt agency -- this mess won't be cured by lowering interest rates.

[OMGWTF]

17. Pervert Hoover

[dalton99a]

18. He will sic the cult on Powell very soon

[modrepub]

19. I Have A Feeling

Pitch forks, pikes and torches will be hot commodities this summer.

[Johonny]

20. Listening to his economic advisors

Might be a good start.

[madinmaryland]

26. He has been. Pete Navarro and Ron Vara.

[Blue Full Moon]

21. He is going to be Hoover part 2

[BoRaGard]

23. WTF? You mean "Hilary's emails" no longer works for the G.O.P.propagandists?

Sad day.

[Pinback]

24. "The buck stops there." (nt)

[Irish_Dem]

27. The more he blames others, the worse the damage is.

The distrust of the US economy and leadership increases.

[NCDem47]

29. Yes, all the woes in the world are because Powell won't bring down interest rates

I thought the exact same thing OP when he brought Powell into it over the weekend. Look anywhere but at me (but all other times...loook at me.)

[OrlandoDem2]

30. The average person has no idea who Jerome Powell is or what the Federal Reserve is.

The average guy on the street will blame Trump for the pending recession.

[yourout]

35. Depression....

[Blue Owl]

31. Dump's looking for a leg to piss on so Bill Maher can tell them it's raining

[Janbdwl72]

34. Why doesn't he try Pete Hegseth?

The guy is a walking leaker of classified information.

[David__77]

38. Some imply that Powell should leave to defuse "crisis".

That’s the logic of Vichy.

[Maru Kitteh]

39. Only the deepest of drinkers will truly believe, but it still won't matter.

Fux will try to play both sides of the road on that one. They want to scold him but they need him to feel loved.

In the end, it will become just another one of the dozens of “are you fucking kidding me” kind of things he just says and gets away with like the 2020 election was stolen. We are all just expected to act like it’s a normal thing for a grown human being with a high school diploma and access to factual information to say.

His people know he’s full of shit and they don’t care. It’s not what they’re in for.