President Trump joked during a speech that he would sue Kevin Warsh, his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, if he didn’t lower interest rates

Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 4:26 AM

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President Trump joked about potentially suing his Federal Reserve chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, if he did not lower interest rates during a speech.

Trump later clarified that he did not extract any concessions from Warsh.

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