Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought spelled out President Trump’s public brawl with Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell in detail this morning.

But in underscoring the president’s adamant support for lower interest rates — with which Powell so far disagrees — Vought also refused to say precisely what percentage of interest rates he and Trump would like.

“I’m not going to give you a percentage,” the OMB chief told Newsmax. “I don’t have any numbers for you. They need to be lower. I’m not the Fed.

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