On October 5, 2024, Tesla CEO Musk (right) and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participated in a campaign rally held at the site of the first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Muska billionaire supporter of the newly elected president Donald Trumpfavors the idea of allowing presidential intervention Fed policy.
In response to Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s social media post on Thursday calling on the Fed to accept the president’s guidance, Musk on Friday posted a “100” emoji expressing agreement.
Senator Lee captioned his post “#EndtheFed.”
Although brief, Musk’s comments were part of a broader pressure movement on the Fed’s independence that may take shape in the next Trump administration.
On Thursday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell explain he won’t resign If Trump asked him to do this, he would be fired. It marks a resurgence in what could become a contentious relationship between the Fed chairman and the president-elect.
The Fed’s tradition of independence is designed to give the central bank the ability to make monetary policy decisions, such as raising or lowering interest rates, entirely based on the future health of the U.S. economy.
But in his first term, Trump has not been shy about breaking with tradition and publicly disparaging Powell and his policy decisions.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, trump card He has also often considered giving himself a say in Fed policy if he wanted to win the White House again.
“I think the president should at least have a say in it,” Trump said at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in August. “I think in my case, I make a lot of money, I’m very successful, and I think in a lot of situations I have better instincts than the people at the Fed or the chairman.”
