Saturday, August 2, 2025

Trump Meets With Powell at Federal Reserve

... leading to one of the most surreal political moments in recent memory

[ed. Trump tries to jack up Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over supposed cost overuns with fed building rennovations - a clumsy attempt to intimidate over interest rate policy. Normally the theatrical possibilities of something like this would seem about zero. But no! Here we have two of the most powerful people in the world, hard hats precariously balanced on heads, standing in suits in a basement somewhere (presumably the fed's but who knows), arguing over details of a construction contract. Like they say, you can't make this stuff up.]