Trump says he might sue Fed Chair Jerome Powell for 'gross incompetence'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

December 29, 2025 at 5:26 p.m. EST


President Donald Trump on Monday said he might sue Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell for what the president called “gross incompetence,” injecting new tension into the already strained relationship between the White House and the independent central bank.

Speaking at a news conference beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said “the guy is just incompetent.” Trump first brought up the Fed’s multibillion-dollar renovation project, which at times has become a stand-in for Trump’s ongoing attacks on the Fed system.

“It’s gross incompetence against Powell,” Trump said, adding: “We’re going to probably bring a lawsuit against him.”

Trump threatened a “major lawsuit” against Powell over the summer, but he never followed through. It wasn’t clear what specific claims Trump was referring to Monday, or how or when a suit could be brought. The White House did not respond to a request for more information. The Fed declined to comment.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/29/trump-powell-gross-incompetence-lawsuit/

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[Buddyzbuddy]

1. Riiiight! It's Powell that's incompetent.

What a waste of a perfectly good education you big fat bag of excrement. You never would have been, never should have been allowed into our system of higher education you f*cking blowhard. You've never accomplished anything on your own except failure.
I would say you're a disgrace to your family's name but your father and grandfather beat you to it. I can't even call you guys pigs because pigs are capable of thinking and compassion.
You've never done an honest day's work in you life. Probably never had a blister, a splinter or a paper cut. That includes your failed Administration.
Powell is one of the few people that stands between you and our next economic collapse you brain dead assw*pe.
You managed to pick the worst of the worst, most incompetent, lazy, hateful, immoral, greedy, racist motherf*ckers so it doesn't matter that you sleep through important meetings because they're on autopilot. It doesn't matter that nobody can safely land the plane because they don't intend to.
But yeah, by all means, sue Powell for whatever made up sh*t you can think of.
I'm sure nobody will notice how you f*cked everybody over and how we're still waiting on the EPSTEIN FILES.

[Doodles]

22. Rant

Now that’s a perfect rant Buddyzbuddy on this horror show president. You have managed in a few paragraphs to hit all the high notes and greatest hits.

[Buddyzbuddy]

35. Thank you, Doodles. It feels good to blow off steam, sometimes.

Thank you DU for providing a platform and for acknowledgement from DU members, that we're in this together.

"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore"

[hlthe2b]

2. Every day, every utterance just confirms Trump's progressive dementia...

Like a neon sign...

[displacedvermoter]

26. Syphilitic rambling

Probably has constant gastric issues as well, from both diet and drug related damage. He is literally full of nasty shit.

And he is syphilitic I have read, and I believe it.

[progree]

3. Here's Trump's proposed Fed policy, showing what a total ignoramus and moron he is

Last edited Tue Dec 30, 2025, 07:32 AM - Edit history (1)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-chair-lower-rates-market-183423701.html
No paywall on this Yahoo - hosted article

Fed Should Lower Rates If the Market Does Well, Trump Says, Bloomberg, 12/23/25

“I want my new Fed Chairman to lower Interest Rates if the Market is doing well, not destroy the Market for no reason whatsoever,” Trump said in a social media post Tuesday. “Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman!”

“In the old days, when there was good news, the Market went up,” Trump wrote. “Nowadays, when there is good news, the Market goes down, because everybody thinks that Interest Rates will be immediately lifted to take care of ‘potential’ Inflation.”

(bolding added)

Fact check about the last sentence: There have been no rate increases in 2025, instead there have been 3 rate cuts, beginning with the one 9/17.

And there have been 4 rate cuts in the latter half of 2024, including one that was 0.50% instead of the usual 0.25%.

There have been no rate increases since July 2023, 2 1/2 years ago

And the market has been hardly "destroyed" by "too late Jerome Powell" - the S&P 500 hit a new all-time-high December 24.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/111699775

[BadgerKid]

4. Historically, recessions tend to follow rate cuts.

And given what seems to be targeted mis-policy, I think chances for recovery are nil until well into the next administration’s term.

[Doodley]

5. Agreed, and how the stock market is doing isn't the main criteria to cut or raise interest rates. He would give us

runaway inflation that would quickly lead to recession.

[Roy Rolling]

6. "Trump says"

How about “serial lying weasel says”?

[Danascot]

7. Every accusation is an admission.

Again

[Gary 50]

8. Oh yeah, well Powell is going to counter sue, for gross incontinence.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

37. The American people should file a class action suit against Trump for the same

[MadameButterfly]

49. That's what I was thinking

Hey, if we can sue an official for gross incompetence, he's our guy

[twodogsbarking]

9. Trump would have failed Economics if he had taken the tests.

[Xolodno]

48. Have a hunch he paid someone to take the tests for him.You could get away with it back then.

This is also an admission the economy is not doing well as he claims. So he is floundering everywhere trying to deflect blame.

[AverageOldGuy]

10. This WashPost article . . .

is just another example of the cowardly press.

There is one and only on explanation for Trump’s threat: Trump is an ignorant buffoon. We saw that clearly when Yrump - on a tour of buildings used by the Fed - was embarrassed all to hell when he accused Powell of cost overruns only to have Powell correct Trump’s math, all on camera .

The Post glosses over Trump’s fundamental ignorance and tries to make this into a simple policy disagreement.

[travelingthrulife]

13. Hey...Bezos doesn't get free public money for nothing. Services rendered!

[lonely bird]

15. I would bet

That action by Powell is one of the main drivers behind Trump’s temper tantrums over interest rates.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. If it had gone to that length, then this OP would be locked as posting an "Opinion" piece

that would need to be posted in "Editorials & Other Articles".

[Skittles]

43. THANK YOU

WTF

[unblock]

11. Also Donnie: we have the greatest economy ever.

When will the media ever report that Donnie is a stupid liar?

[lonely bird]

12. Bury the administration in lawsuits

File them every single damn day. File them against Trump in the performance of his duties and personally. Ramp up the pressure on his sundowning ass.

[travelingthrulife]

14. I think our legal system is already collapsing from their everyday lawsuits.

[lonely bird]

17. Maybe so

But directing them toward Trump from all sorts of directions might bring enough pressure to bear to precipitate certain anatomical events. At the very least it might make him focus away from fucking things up even worse. And it might gum up the cabinet.

[ananda]

16. ROFL

The sheer irony..........

[FakeNoose]

18. Why didn't we think of this sooner? We'll sue the Potus for gross incompetence

Let's make it a class action suit, and all 50 states will sign on. If he thinks he can sue the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, then there's no end in sight. Next he'll be suing the judiciary including certain Supreme Court Justices.

[GiqueCee]

19. Trump is insanely litigious...

... and he does it to break people that don't afford him unquestioning loyalty, which he, incidentally, never returns. He attacks those who defy his often ill-informed and/or malicious demands, and he never lets up. For Christ's sake, he still insists that The Central Park Five, who were completely exonerated, should be executed anyway, just because HE, Donald Trump, says so!
As he has tediously reminded us at every possible opportunity, NO ONE knows as much about anything as HE does. A total fabrication, yes, but if you lie big enough, and repeat it often enough, those of limited intellectual capacity are eager to believe it. They love the outrageous.
I wake up every morning hoping to read his obituary. Nothing yet, but I'm optimistic. And, despite the fact that we're only a year apart in age, I am determined to live long enough to piss on his grave. That's gonna be a LOOONG line!

[Ol Janx Spirit]

21. Even for President Oompa-Loompa, this one is kind of a head scratcher on several levels.

His basis for the "lawsuit" is the renovation of the Fed's buildings which started in 2017 during HIS first administration after all kinds of approvals and oversight under the Fed chairman HE appointed--although he seems to forget that fact periodically.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-whines-person-appointed-powell-203301679.html

But, only the best people I suppose....

Further, unlike his One Big Stupid Ballroom, the "project is overseen by the members of the Board of Governors, all of whom are Senate-confirmed. It was first approved by the Board in 2017. It has been subject to annual budget approval by the Board since then.

The Board's independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) has had full access to the project information on costs, contracts, schedules, and expenditures and receives monthly reports on the construction program. The OIG conducted an audit in 2021 to assess the Board's process for planning and managing multiple renovation projects as well as procuring services under various renovation-related contracts."
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/building-project-faqs.htm#:~:text=Who%20oversees%20the%20project?,by%20the%20Board%20since%20then.

And all of this is in service to taking over an independent Fed that--while I'm sure we have all had issues with their decisions in the past--performs a function based on data that he is in no way qualified to do.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell

[mitch96]

23. This guy is a broken record..if he can't intimidate coerce or harass...he sues..nt

[skennis1]

24. When...

is he going to start suing people because he doesn't like how they dress?

[aggiesal]

25. Ahhh, Mierda47 forgot to take his Irony Deficient tablets again ...

Back in 2017, when Mierda47 was just Pendejo45, he kept bragging about always hiring the "Best People".
Jarome Powell was first appointed Fed Chair by Pendejo45 in 2017 & confirmed 2018.

[BOSSHOG]

27. Will trump call himself to the stand

As a subject matter expert?

[Justice matters.]

33. Discovery alone would be quite revealing of his abject ignorance

Every accusation is a projection, as pedo knows he's incompetent and hates himself for that.

[bluestarone]

28. Every day just another reason to hate him MORE!

Without fail. What a worthless piece of flesh! (SHIT i mean)

[bucolic_frolic]

29. He's an old demented hack

Confabulated word salads are a tired menu item

[moonshinegnomie]

30. bar associations need to start santioning his attorneys

[Nasruddin]

31. If we can ever reform the judicial system

... to get rid of big problems like incompetence, inability to replace judges, no term limits, a completely flawed theory of how the supreme court could or should work, independence of the public prosecutor, the incredible slowness of justice ...
we need to limit the ability of rich morons to endlessly clog the system with junk lawsuits, endless appeals and TROs, &c. This behavior has costs and the payment needs to be made from the appropriate party. The one with the money. But that's not going to be sufficient. This system is totally gamed out by psychopaths.

[Pas-de-Calais]

32. STFU g'pa

[maxsolomon]

34. Do it, fucker.

DO IT.

More "Full Spectrum Dominance" bullshit. Say something outrageous every day, force the press to waste time covering it. Trump Trump Trump every fucking day.

[BaronChocula]

36. Doesn't trump already have enough gross incompetence

of his own? And if he wanted more he'd probably be more successful suing members of his cabinet.

[SWBTATTReg]

38. For a person who has declared more than 1 bankruptcy (six I think), he doesn't have any right to complain.

What a joke...

[Attilatheblond]

39. He always forgets that pesky DISCOVERY thingie

Does he really think this "I'll sue if you don't let me have my way!" crap is effective? Maybe it's contagious cuz his runaway wife seems to have it now too.

[iemanja]

40. Let's all of us sue Trump for gross incompetence

That bumbling idiot is worse at his job than anyone in human history.

[JohnnyRingo]

42. Make it a class action suit.

I can just see the commercials in five years:
"Did you live in the US from January 2024 to this year?" "You may be qualified for a cash settlement!" "Citizenship is not required".

[JohnnyRingo]

41. Can anyone guess who he's going to appoint as interim director? I can.

That financial genius who knows how the wheels of business move. Someone with experience in reality TV shows.

[sheshe2]

44. I think we should just rename him...

A Boy Named Sue.

[Marcuse]

45. He's stepped over the line again.

[the nelm]

47. Hows about trying something useful, like suing the guy that appointed Powell?

That might actually get us somewhere.

[Norrrm]

52. the guy that appointed Powell?

Federal Reserve Chairman (2018–present)

President Donald Trump nominates Powell in November 2017.

Powell takes the oath of office, administered by Randal Quarles, as chair in February 2018.

Powell testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in 2018.
On November 2, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Powell to serve as the chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen at the helm of the central bank.[32] On December 5, the Senate Banking Committee approved Powell's nomination to be chair in a 22–1 vote, with Senator Elizabeth Warren casting the lone dissenting vote.[33] His nomination was confirmed by the Senate on January 23, 2018, by an 84–13 vote.[4][26] Powell assumed office as chair on February 5, 2018.[34]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell

[Shipwack]

50. Why is he caring?

Powell won’t be the chair for much longer…

Oh, that’s right, a toddler is in charge. He wants what he wants, and he wants it NOW!

Veruca Salt, all grown up…

[vapor2]

51. Maybe it will set a precedence