The president suggested he should nominate himself to lead the U.S. central bank.

In the latest in a series of attacks on Powell, Trump said the Fed's key borrowing rate should be at least 2 percentage points lower.

The US president sparked market concern earlier this year when he suggested the central bank chief’s termination could not come fast enough.

Hours before the decision, the president called the Fed’s chair, Jerome Powell, ‘stupid’ for anticipated rate hold

The president suggested he should nominate himself to lead the U.S. central bank.

President Donald Trump has long criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates.