'His Life Won't Be Very Happy': Trump Threatens Powell If He Refuses to Quit the Fed

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Jan 21st, 2026, 5:08 pm


President Donald Trump seemed to suggest he’d make things difficult for Jerome Powell if he doesn’t leave the Federal Reserve once his time as Fed chair is up.

Hours after his Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the president appeared on CNBC for an in-person interview with Joe Kernen. Naturally, one of the topics discussed in this interview was Federal Reserve. The selection of Trump’s next Fed chair has been the subject of great debate due to Trump’s ongoing feud with Powell — which largely stems from Powell’s refusal to lower interest rates to the president’s liking.

Even when Powell’s term as Fed chair ends, Kernen noted, he can still choose to remain at the Federal Reserve. When posed with that possibility, Trump said:

It’a alright. We’ll have to, we just– in this world, we live with cards you’re dealt. And if that happens, his life won’t be very happy, I don’t think, by doing that. I think he wants to get out. He has not done a good job. He’s done a horrible job on buildings. You know, he took a small little complex, the Federal Reserve complex — I could have redone it. I could have fixed it for 25 million bucks. It would have looked beautiful. I think he’s up to almost $4 billion — the most expensive project ever built per square foot. And he’s either incompetent or he’s crooked, I guess, right?

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[Endlessmike56]

1. Sooooooo

Is he saying he’s a better contractor?

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump calling other people incompetent and crooked.

SMH.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. TSF is mad at Powell b/c contractors were PAID

and not stiffed like Trump.

[Ray Bruns]

4. That's exactly it.

[Ray Bruns]

5. " 'His Life Won't Be Very Happy': Trump Threatens Powell If He Refuses to Quit the Fed"

WTF DOES THAT MEAN?



“I could have redone it. I could have fixed it for 25 million bucks”

Then it would have looked like that whore house we used to call the White House.

[twodogsbarking]

6. Not a happy life. That is Trump, and us for having to put up with him.

[JoseBalow]

7. drumpf is projecting again

[Bengus81]

8. When rates were raised over and over because of GREEDflation Trump loved the guy

Don't worry Trump,when you throw the Country into another Bush near Great Depression that rates will fall,and fall bigly.

[CountAllVotes]

9. evil evil orange freak

aka dump dump dump da dump!

Fed needs a restraining order against this insane bully NOW!

& recommend.

[mahina]

10. Clumsy thug

[fujiyamasan]

11. He's a mobster

What do you expect?

For someone that hates foreigners, he sure loves Middle East dictators. I’m sure he’d be best buds with Saddam Hussein if he were still in power.