President Donald Trump on Thursday again made clear his disdain for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, going so far as to say the central banker’s “termination can’t come fast enough” and saying in an Oval Office event that Powell will “be out of there real fast” if he wants.

President Donald Trump has ramped up the pressure on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates. But a Trump replacement wouldn't have a magic wand to lower rates or even lead monetary policy.

Powell heads the Federal Reserve, the central banking system that operates as an independent entity free from political influence