The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has made the removal of the Fed chair his personal mission.

Is Trump really trying to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell? Or is it all just a narrative trick? In this clip from Weekend Rip, Cem Karsan unpacks the real strategy behind Trump’s threats — and why the market might be falling for it.

After months of criticizing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, President Donald Trump took the fight to the Fed’s front door on Thursday, publicly scorning the central bank chief over the ballooning costs of a long-planned building project.