Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday offered the most explicit indication so far of his interest in infringing on the Federal Reserve's independence should he regain the White House.
"I feel the president should have at least (a) say in there" on Fed decisions, the former president told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
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