The early departure of Biden appointee Adriana Kugler offers the president potential help on interest rates—and a new way to make life hard for Chair Jerome Powell.

Trump has launched a series of scathing attacks on Powell over his refusal to reduce interest rates. The president claimed that the central banker is "TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID, & TOO POLITICAL, to have the job of Fed Chair" in a post on his Truth Social website on Thursday.