Tuberville wants to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

July 17, 2025 - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) has been an outspoken critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Tuberville wrote a column in the Daily Caller in which he outlined his concern with Powell's refusal to lower interest rates. Tuberville believe this decision is hurting hardworking American families.

"After four years of disastrous open-border policies, skyrocketing inflation, and woke bureaucrats running wild, the tide is finally turning," said Senator Tuberville. "America is returning to energy dominance. Families are finally starting to feel like they're keeping more of their paycheck. But there's still one major obstacle standing in the way of unleashing America's full economic potential - and that's Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell."

"Jerome Powell has gone rogue," said Tuberville. "Inflation is at the lowest point in four years under President Trump – but Jerome Powell is still using the old Biden Democrat Socialist playbook. As a result, interest rates are through the roof, borrowing costs are squeezing families, and small businesses are getting crushed. Americans are ready to build, buy, hire, and grow - but the Fed is playing games instead of cutting rates and letting the economy breathe. That's not just bad policy. That's sabotage."

"Powell has aligned himself with the D.C. Swamp, the same corrupt system that's tried everything to stop Donald Trump from putting America First," said Tuberville. "The Fed is supposed to be independent, but under Powell, it's acting like the economic arm of the Democrat Socialist Communist Party."

"Powell isn't just a bad economist, He's a symbol of the woke elites that look down on farmers, truckers, teachers, and welders - the backbone of this nation - and thinks they should just sit down and be quiet while the "experts" in D.C. run things," said Tuberville. "If your quarterback is fumbling the ball, missing reads, and throwing picks, you bench him. You don't give him another season; you send him packing."

"It's time to fire Jerome Powell and bring in a Fed Chair who understands the America First vision," said Tuberville.

President Trump has not fired Powell, but he has criticized him publicly calling him a:"A total stiff, a "numbskull," a "complete moron," an "average mentally person" with "low IQ," and also said: "You talk to the guy, it's like talking to a chair. No personality."

Trump has said that he has no plans to fire Powell; but he is not expected to appoint him for another term when his term ends on May 15, 2026. Powell was appointed by President Trump in 2017.