US stock markets fall again as Trump calls Fed chair 'a major loser'

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/21/us-stock-market-trump-fed-chair-jerome-powell

US stock markets started falling again on Monday morning as Donald Trump continued attacks against the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, who the US president called “a major loser” for not lowering interest rates.

“There can be a slowing of the economy unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates, NOW,” Trump wrote on social media.

In recent days, Trump has amped up attacks against the Fed chair, pushing Powell to lower interest rates to offset the inflationary impacts of the new tariffs.

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Trump is pressuring the Fed to cut rates, likely to appease the stock market, which plummeted after he announced his newest slate of tariffs. But Wall Street isn’t taking the bait and appears to be reacting in opposition to Trump’s attacks against Powell.
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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Recession is not crash. Crash is kerplunk! Recession is persistently downward moves.

Oh, Powell. Nominated by Obama, made Fed Chair by Trump, renominated by Biden. Yeah, he must be a real loser.

[Ping Tung]

2. Trump, like his German predecessor, always finds a scapegoat to blame for his own stupidity.

[malaise]

3. A big mouth self obsessed

know nothing. This is so tiring.

[crud]

4. Seems like wall street

realizes what a shitshow this is. Greedy folks put their hope in DJT, because they hoped for a payout. idiots should have realized that DJT was a complete disaster the first go round. Too greedy to not believe their own eyes.

[GreenWave]

5. Gotta keep 'em falling until the 29th, so people on pension plans cannot purchase them cheap on the 30th!