U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates.

The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from U.S. President Donald Trump for a cut.

Trump also continues to face questions over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and his relationship with the accused sex trafficker. On the foreign policy