In a tweet late Friday, Trump wrote that the most 'difficult problem' facing the US economy 'is not our competitors, it is the Federal Reserve!'
President Donald Trump took aim at the US Federal Reserve twice on Friday, knocking the system in person and on Twitter for interest rates he said are too high. In a tweet late Friday, Trump wrote that the most"difficult problem" facing the US economy"is not our competitors, it is the Federal Reserve!" The president was doubling down on comments he made earlier that day, in which he insisted that if interest rates were cut, the US"would be like a rocket ship.
President Donald Trump took aim at the US Federal Reserve twice on Friday, knocking the system in person and on Twitter for interest rates he said are too high. In a tweet late Friday, Trump wrote that the most"difficult problem" facing the US economy"is not our competitors, it is the Federal Reserve!" The president was doubling down on comments he made earlier that day, in which he insisted that if interest rates were cut, the US"would be like a rocket ship.
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