President Trump has been picking up the phone and calling the man he put in charge of the Federal Reserve. Multiple times. In what sources describe as conversations occurring “in bursts” since Kevin Warsh was sworn in on May 22, 2026.
The calls between Trump and Warsh reportedly cover the economic fallout from the Iran conflict and developments in artificial intelligence. No confirmed discussions about monetary policy have surfaced.
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Warsh succeeded Jerome Powell, the chair Trump spent years publicly berating for not cutting rates fast enough. Warsh’s four-year term runs through May 21, 2030.
Trump has called Warsh “fantastic” and “brilliant.”
