Trump says he’d ‘love to fire’ Jerome Powell in latest attack on Fed chair

Trump also repeated false claims about renovation costs for the Fed headquarters during a Monday press conference

Donald Trump launched another attack against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monday, calling the central banker a fool" and once again suggesting he would like to fire him.

Trump launched his latest attack on Powell during a press conference with Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, repeating false claims about the cost of a renovation of the central bank headquarters, and told reporters that he might file a lawsuit against Powell for gross incompetence".