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WATCH: “He’s a Political Hack. He’s not a Smart Guy” – Trump SLAMS Jerome Powell for Sabotaging him with High Interest Rates: “Biden Only Extended Him Because He Knew I Couldn’t Stand Him”

President Trump slammed Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, calling him a “political hack” and questioning his intelligence, after he refused to cut interest rates for the fifth time since December on Wednesday.
On the same day that Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) refused to cut rates, new GDP data came out showing 3% growth, which President Trump hailed as “WAY BETTER THAN EXPECTED.” Still, despite this growth, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in new business investment and hundreds of billions of dollars in tariff revenues into the United States, Powell and the FOMC decided to maintain interest rates at the current level.
Conversely, Powell cut interest rates three consecutive times before the 2024 election, with a large .5% cut in September, and at the end of Biden’s term, despite inflation being above the Fed’s targeted 2%. “Didn’t work out too well for them, but he did lower them pretty substantially just prior to the election,” Trump said.
Aurel Hizmo, who served as a Principal Economist at the Fed under Powell, previously told an undercover journalist, Powell said he wants to go down in history as “someone who held the line against Trump.”
Trump also took shots at Powell over Federal Reserve building renovations, which ballooned in cost from $1.9 billion to more than $2.5 billion. During a rare presidential visit to the Federal Reserve Headquarters last week, Trump confronted Powell on the actual cost of the renovation, which is $3.1 billion or more when previous additions are accounted for.
Powell said he does not expect additional cost overruns during the years long continuation of his project, but “we’re ready for them,” and “we have a little bit of a reserve that we may use.”
WATCH: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Tries to Argue with Trump when Confronted on Cost of Federal Reserve Headquarters Renovation
"[He's] way over budget, has no idea what he’s doing, and I would say he’s probably good at that compared to what he does with interest rates," Trump said on Thursday.
Turning Point Frontlines reporter Monica Baldwin asked President Trump if he thinks Powell is playing politics, and Trump agreed.
"He's a political hack, not very good. He's not a smart guy," Trump told reporters.
WATCH:
Baldwin: Fed Chair Jerome Powell is not lowering interest rates again, and many people have said that he’s playing politics with the futures of millions of Americans
Trump: Well, he is. We call him Too Late. He’s too late. It’s his new nickname, Too Late Powell. He’s terrible, the Federal Reserve Chairman. Not only that, he’s building a building. He’s at $2.9 billion. It’s actually $3.1 if you include other areas that are essentially the same thing— way over budget, has no idea what he’s doing, and I would say he’s probably good at that compared to what he does with interest rates.
But, you know, we have him there, and it was a mistake. I put him in, and then Biden extended him. And Biden only extended him because he knew I couldn't stand him, and that turned out to be not a good thing for Biden. Although, he did lower interest rates just prior to the election-- didn't work out too well for them, but he did lower them pretty substantially just prior to the election. He's a political hack, not very good. He's not a smart guy!
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Hulk Hogan’s Death Certificate Released

Hulk Hogan’s death certificate was obtained by TMZ on Friday.
Hogan passed away at the age of 71 last Thursday from acute myocardial infarction. He also had a history of leukemia.
The wrestling legend was rushed to the hospital last week after emergency responders received a phone call for “cardiac arrest.”
The death certificate revealed Hulk Hogan was cremated in Clearwater, Florida.
“Hulk’s official cause of death was previously revealed as a heart attack. His medical records also showed a history of atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat. HH was also diagnosed with a form of cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), though details surrounding the cancer are unclear,” TMZ reported.
Hulk Hogan death certificate / TMZ
President Trump praised Hulk Hogan for his “absolutely electric” speech at last year’s RNC convention.
“We lost a great friend today, the “Hulkster.” Hulk Hogan was MAGA all the way — Strong, tough, smart, but with the biggest heart. He gave an absolutely electric speech at the Republican National Convention, that was one of the highlights of the entire week. He entertained fans from all over the World, and the cultural impact he had was massive. To his wife, Sky, and family, we give our warmest best wishes and love. Hulk Hogan will be greatly missed!”
Hulk Hogan and his wife were baptized in December 2023.
“Total surrender and dedication to Jesus is the greatest day of my life. No worries, no hate, no judgment… only love!” Hulk Hogan said.
Total surrender and dedication to Jesus is the greatest day of my life. No worries, no hate, no judgment… only love! pic.twitter.com/gB43hTcLU6
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) December 20, 2023
RIP to an American icon.
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Stephen A. Smith SLAMS Zohran Mamdani and the Democrat Party

Stephen A. Smith SLAMS Zohran Mamdani and the Radical Democrat Wing: “Either the Party Ends, or the United States Ends”
In a bold and fiery statement that has made waves across social media and major news outlets, commentator Stephen A. Smith unleashed a scathing rebuke of the radical left’s takeover of the Democratic Party. Targeting the likes of New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Bernie Sanders, Smith warned of the existential threat their socialist ideas pose to the future of the United States.
Smith reacted to a recent statement by Mamdani, who argued that “no
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Trump Gets Backlash Over RNC Chair Endorsement: An LGBT ‘Ally’ Who ‘Just Tried to Pass Amnesty’

Get ready for the next clash of conservatives.
When Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley announced Thursday he is entering the race for Senate in North Carolina, he did more than put a second high-profile name in the running in the Tar Heel State.
He set up what could be a bruising battle for leadership of the GOP on a nationwide scale.
In a July 24 post on the social media platform Truth Social, President Donald Trump, the hands-down heavyweight of party politics, heartily endorsed Whatley in the North Carolina race, and at the same time endorsed Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, the party’s current national treasurer, to step into Whatley’s place.
But there’s already a groundswell of opposition to Gruters. And one of his most vocal opponents is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
As the Sunshine State news website Florida Politics noted in a July 16 report, DeSantis slammed Gruters in a news conference where DeSantis appointed Florida state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia to the post of Florida chief financial officer.
It’s a job Gruters has been running for since May of last year.
While appointing a rival to the vacant post, DeSantis made his distaste for Gruters painfully clear.
“If George Washington rose from the dead and came back and tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Will you appoint Joe Gruters CFO?’ my response would be, no, I can’t do that without betraying the voters that elected me,” DeSantis said, according to Florida Politics.
He accused Gruters of siding with teachers’ unions in battles with the state government, as well as supporting the marijuana industry (a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational use failed in November).
According to the Tampa Bay Times, DeSantis and Gruters clashed over a bill Gruters supported that would have put the job of chief immigration officer in the state in the hands of the state’s agriculture commissioner.
In a post on the social media platform X, DeSantis called the bill “truly contemptible” and described it as “amnesty.”
This successful operation under Operation Vigilant Sentry would have been illegal under the Perez/Gruters amnesty bill that I vetoed earlier this year.
It was a truly contemptible piece of legislation that would have allowed these illegals to pour in on our shores with impunity. https://t.co/bj5MBwQjww
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) July 24, 2025
And as the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported in January 2020, Gruters had a history of sponsoring pro-gay legislation in the state before appearing to reverse course.
“I’m an ally of the LGBTQ community,” he told the newspaper.
More recently, in April, Gruters made the wrong kind of headlines when the U.K.’s Daily Mail, a British outlet with a major North American presence, revealed he was a follower of 60 accounts on the adult-themed OnlyFans site.
(“I typically engage accounts that are recommended or interact with my account,” Gruters told the Daily Mail. “That said, I will review my follows and remove any content that may be considered questionable.”)
Conservative media users aren’t letting that past go.
“Perfect for San Francisco, nightmare for Florida,” one pro-DeSantis account on the social media platform X declared.
When Amnesty Joe Gruters co-sponsored PRO LGBTQIA+ legislation with far left covid tyrant Carlos Smith AND promoted legalized weed with Far Left Radical Shev Jones, he became the UNIPARTY.
Perfect for San Francisco, Nightmare for Florida. pic.twitter.com/aNGrzyf0tY
— DeSantis Appreciation Society (@KickboxerEsq) July 19, 2025
“Gruters just tried to pass amnesty for illegal aliens in Florida,” wrote another user.
Gruters just tried to pass amnesty for illegals aliens in Florida.
— Sunny (@sunnyright) July 25, 2025
The conservative pro-life website LifeSiteNews made its view clear in its headline and summary head about Trump’s endorsement.
“Trump endorses LGBT ‘ally’ Joe Gruters to be next RNC chair,” the headline declared.
The summary headline?
“Donald Trump has endorsed Joe Gruters to lead the Republican National Committee despite the Florida lawmaker’s liberal stances on LGBT ‘discrimination,’ immigration, teachers’ unions, and marijuana.”
According to Florida Politics, Gruters was the first Florida lawmaker to make an official endorsement of Trump in the Republican 2024 primary — snubbing DeSantis’ short-lived, mistake-in-hindsight primary challenge to the 45th president.
That no doubt plays a role in both Trump’s support for Gruters and DeSantis’ opposition, but there appear to be deeper factors at play here.
In a job as crucial as the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, having anything less than sterling, unblemished bona fides is going to be a problem with a voter base with a limited trust in establishment politicians, even if they have an “R” next to their name.
Questionable positions on “trans” issues, illegal immigration, and drugs — not to mention raising eyebrows by following OnlyFans models — are serious red flags for any contender for the job.
Trump has proven over and over again what he can accomplish with sheer force of will, and he’s almost single-handedly responsible for revising the ideological power of the Republican Party after the dormancy of the post-Mitt Romney world.
As the titular head of the party, as well as probably the single most influential human being in the world, much less the American GOP, he could almost certainly install any chairman of the party he chooses.
However, the situation now is the midterms are approaching next year, and the magic “Trump” name is not on the ballot — which means the energy of the party faithful is going to be at a premium for all of the Republican Party.
The question for Trump is, is a clash with conservatives worth it?
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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