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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:56 PM Yesterday

Trump Slams WSJ Article About Treasury Secretary Warning Him to Not Fire Fed Chair: 'I Know Better Than Anybody What's

Good for the Market’

Donald Trump, after filing a $20 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a story alleging Trump gave Jeffrey Epstein a lewd birthday note more than two decades ago, disputed the newspaper’s coverage on a separate topic.

On Saturday, the Journal published an article with the headline “How Bessent Made the Case to Trump Against Firing Fed Chair Powell.”

According to the story, Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, told the president that “firing” Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve System, “was unnecessary because the economy is doing well and markets have responded positively to the president’s policies.” In addition, Bessent warned Trump of “the possible effects on the economy and markets” of firing Powell, and “the likely political and legal obstacles that such a move would face,” per the Journal story.

Trump claimed the WSJ report was false in a post on Truth Social.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-slams-untruthful-wsj-article-144842591.html

Says the asshole with multiple bankruptcies.
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Trump Slams WSJ Article About Treasury Secretary Warning Him to Not Fire Fed Chair: 'I Know Better Than Anybody What's (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP
Trump's attempts to divert attention from the Epstein Files agingdem Yesterday #1
Obama is SATAN and will be arrested any day now NCDem47 Yesterday #2

agingdem

(8,590 posts)
1. Trump's attempts to divert attention from the Epstein Files
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:25 PM
Yesterday

1. Claims supposed "deal" with Coca-Cola to replace corn syrup with cane sugar..
2. Threatens to withhold funds from the NFL unless/until teams change their names back to Native American slurs...
3. Sues Rupert Murdoch/WSJ claiming false evidence...discovery please!
4. Threatens to fire Jerome Powell (again!) with MAGA Loony Luna in the House accusing Powell of lying to Congress..
5. Defunds NPR/PBS...

what am I missing?

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