{"id":66961,"date":"2026-01-08T19:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66961"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:46:44","slug":"trump-has-his-fed-chair-pick-but-wont-tell-anyone-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66961","title":{"rendered":"Trump Has His Fed Chair Pick But Won&#8217;t Tell Anyone\u2014Here&#8217;s What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> told The New York Times he has decided on the next Federal Reserve Chair but won\u2019t disclose the name, while Treasury Secretary <strong>Scott Bessent<\/strong> said rate cuts are \u201cthe only ingredient missing\u201d for stronger economic growth.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump Has Decision But Won\u2019t Name His Pick<\/h3>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-interview-fed-chair.html\">said<\/a> during a Wednesday night interview that he has a decision in mind but hasn\u2019t discussed it with anyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked about National Economic Council leader <strong>Kevin Hassett<\/strong>, Trump declined to comment but called Hassett \u201ccertainly one of the people that I like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalshi prediction markets <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeItaone\/status\/2009321695400644747\">show<\/a> <strong>Kevin Warsh<\/strong> at 41%, <strong>Kevin Hassett<\/strong> at 39%, and Fed Governor <strong>Christopher Waller<\/strong> at 12% as top candidates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bessent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeItaone\/status\/2009330929756705252\">told<\/a> reporters that Trump will decide in January.<\/p>\n<p>Current Fed Chair <strong>Jerome Powell\u2019s<\/strong> term ends in May. Trump has stated whoever he nominates must immediately lower rates, making the selection critical for monetary policy direction in 2026.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bessent Pushes Hard For More Rate Cuts<\/h3>\n<p>Bessent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/01\/08\/treasury-secretary-bessent-says-more-fed-rate-cuts-are-only-ingredient-missing-for-stronger-economy.html\">delivered<\/a> a speech Thursday before the Economic Club of &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49797157\/trump-has-his-fed-chair-pick-but-wont-tell-anyone-heres-what-we-know?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Trump\" has his fed chair pick but won tell anyone what we know>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump told The New York Times he has decided on the next Federal Reserve Chair but won\u2019t disclose the name, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said rate cuts are \u201cthe only ingredient missing\u201d for stronger economic growth. Trump Has Decision But Won\u2019t Name His Pick Trump said during a Wednesday night interview that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-66961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}