Trump, Jerome Powell and the tariff blame game

<p>On this episode, The Washington Post's Rhonda Colvin, James Hohmann and JM Rieger break down President Trump's <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/17/trump-powell-rate-tariffs/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">broadside at Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Thursday</a>, saying he looks forward to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/17/trump-fed-chair-jerome-powell/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Powell's "termination."</a> The crew explains why Trump wants Powell out as Fed chair – and his long history of targeting the country's central banking system for criticism.</p><p><br></p><p>Then, a federal judge said he would launch an investigation into whether Trump officials should face <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/17/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deported-judge-order/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">criminal contempt charges for defying his order</a> not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the United States. What would happen if an official actually faced a contempt charge?</p>