{"id":68085,"date":"2026-01-16T17:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68085"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:16:33","slug":"donald-trump-sends-fed-chair-candidate-kevin-surging-to-59-on-polymarket-but-which-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68085","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Sends Fed Chair Candidate &#8216;Kevin&#8217; Surging To 59% On Polymarket \u2014 But Which One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> cast doubt on <strong>Kevin Hassett\u2019s<\/strong> Fed Chair bid Friday, saying he may keep him in his current position.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump Wants Hassett At NEC, Not Fed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/financialjuice\/status\/2012185006794473626?s=20\">praised<\/a> Hassett\u2019s television appearance Friday morning and said he\u2019s concerned about losing his communication skills if Hassett moves to the Fed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin Hassett is so good. I\u2019m saying, \u2018Wait a minute, if I move him\u2014these Fed guys, certainly the one we have now, they don\u2019t talk much.\u2019 I would lose you. It\u2019s a serious concern to me,\u201d Trump said at the White House event.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told Hassett directly: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to lose him, Susie, but we\u2019ll see how it all works out,\u201d referencing White House chief of staff <strong>Susie Wiles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Fed governor <strong>Kevin Warsh<\/strong>, another favorite to succeed current Chair <strong>Jerome Powell<\/strong> has risen to 59% <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/who-will-trump-nominate-as-fed-chair\">on<\/a> Polymarket while Hassett crashed to 16%.<\/p>\n<p>Current Fed governor <strong>Christopher Waller<\/strong> held at 14%.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16112507\/image-283-948x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1263097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16112507\/image-283-948x1024.png 948w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16112507\/image-283-278x300.png ...&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49971092\/donald-trump-sends-fed-chair-candidate-kevin-surging-to-59-on-polymarket-but-which-one?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel alt=Donald Trump Sends Fed Chair Candidate 'Kevin' Surging To 59% On Polymarket \u2014 But Which One?&gt;Full story available on Benzinga.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump cast doubt on Kevin Hassett\u2019s Fed Chair bid Friday, saying he may keep him in his current position. Trump Wants Hassett At NEC, Not Fed Trump praised Hassett\u2019s television appearance Friday morning and said he\u2019s concerned about losing his communication skills if Hassett moves to the Fed. \u201cKevin Hassett is so good. [&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-68085","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\/68085","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=68085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}