Trump hopes to get lower rates by replacing Fed Chair Jerome Powell with someone who would do what the president wants. But Powell’s term as chair does not end until May 2026. He’s insisted he won’t resign early.

President Donald Trump has once again criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, saying that he had kept interest rates too high. According to POTUS, the Fed rate is at least 3 points high. Trump wrote on his Truth social website that,

The U.S. central bank’s decision to hold interest rates steady in June was unanimously supported, but officials were starting to splinter over the path forward.