1.0MS NOWhttps://www.ms.nowMS NOWhttps://www.ms.nowrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kaeE8nXRWb"><a href="https://www.ms.now/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/economist-explains-why-trump-threatening-to-fire-fed-chair-jerome-powell-is-counterproductive-243141701916">Economist explains why Trump threatening to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell is counterproductive.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ms.now/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/economist-explains-why-trump-threatening-to-fire-fed-chair-jerome-powell-is-counterproductive-243141701916/embed#?secret=kaeE8nXRWb" width="600" height="338" title="“Economist explains why Trump threatening to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell is counterproductive.” — MS NOW" data-secret="kaeE8nXRWb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.ms.now/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1752445135507_n_witt_BRAINWARD_250613_1920x1080-2ry47f-1.jpg19201080MSNBC's Alex Witt spoke with Lael Brainard, former director of the National Economic Council under President Biden and distinguished fellow at the Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets, about the real reason Brainard thinks Trump wants to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.