Trump Calls on Fed to Cut Rates by 100 Basis Points Amid Recession Fears
Washington Post, Aug. 19, 2019–Felicia Somnez, Damian Paletta
President Trump on Monday sought to play down the risk of a recession while also pinning the blame for a potential economic downturn on the Federal Reserve, chastising the central bank’s chairman, Jerome H. Powell, for a “horrendous lack of vision.”