In August, amid President Donald Trump's clash with the Federal Reserve , top Trump advisers began receiving a wave of calls and text messages from an unexpected source insisting he could solve the administration's problem, pressing to be appointed to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, one of the most influential economic posts in government. The push was from James Fishback, a 30-year-old investment firm CEO and political newcomer who pitched himself to Trump advisers as a fierce supporter of the president who should replace Adriana Kugler, who had announced she would step down as a Federal Reserve governor, claiming he would serve as Trump's "bulldog" on the Federal Reserve Board, sources told ABC News. Fishback privately reached out to James Blair, the White House deputy

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