Donald Trump’s jabs at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his push to fire board member Lisa Cook are borne out of his quest for power, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle says.

Ruhle, who is also a senior business correspondent for NBC News, said on Thursday’s episode of the Daily Beast Podcast that the president has become “incensed” by Powell’s independence in particular.

“It’s all about power,” Ruhle told host Joanna Coles when asked why Powell, a Republican who has resisted the president’s demand to lower interest rates, gets under the president’s skin.

“Since Donald Trump has taken office this second time, his number one goal is to exert power and influence. His biggest frustration during the first term were all those people in his first administration who said, ‘No, sir, you’re no

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