Travel Ban and Executive Order

chip: While he's been able to deal with some matters by executive order the travel ban national emergency the wall and intimidation and stonewalling any type of congressional oversight whatsoever other issues have remained frustratingly out of his control, according to The Independent. At the top of the list of things that grind his gears is the Federal Reserve and his anger that the central bank won't ignore everything it knows about monetary policy and simply do the bidding of a guy who filed for bankruptcy at least four times and managed to lose more than 1 billion in a decade. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla Donald Trump has a well-documented thing for dictators, which seemingly has to do with his longing for absolute power and his annoyance that, currently, the United States is still a democracy and he can't do things like force the media to report it as fact that he's a style icon who invented the hamburger. That aggravation has thus far manifested in Trump calling the Fed crazy and loco ; claiming the central bank has taken unnecessary and destructive actions i.e. raising interest rates to ensure the economy doesn't overheat thanks to his ill-timed tax cuts ; tweeting that the only problem our economy has is the Fed ; and demanding that the independent organization immediately cut rates on his behalf. The head of the Fed in China is President Xi, Trump fumed during a phone interview. And now that his ill-advised trade wars are officially hurting the economy, he's extra angry that when he screams jump, Fed chief Jerome Powell doesn't respond how high, your majesty, and did I mention you look sensational today Speaking to CNBC on Monday, Trump continued his attack on the Fed, whining that it doesn't listen to him and bemoaning the fact that Chinese president Xi Jinping gets to do whatever he pleases with his economy. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.