Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Says He Wouldn’t Resign if Trump Asked Him

‘If the president asked you to resign, would you do it?’

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MODERATOR: "There's also been discussion of a face-to-face meeting between you and the President. If invited, would you accept that invitation if it were made?"
POWELL: "Again, I have no news on that. Nothing has been scheduled. I would say that meetings between presidents and Fed chairs do happen. And they have happened, I think — I can't think of any Fed chairs who didn't eventually meet with a president. But again, nothing has been scheduled. I don't really have anything to report on that."
MODERATOR: "If the President asked you to resign, would you do it?"
POWELL: "No."

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