Trump Turns to ‘Flood the Zone’ Playbook to Attack Powell’s Fed

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is smack in the middle of one of President Donald Trump’s preferred attack strategies — flooding the zone.

When Trump goes on the attack, it’s rarely linear. He seeks multiple angles at one target, undermining the person’s ability to focus on answering one critique.

That’s exactly where Powell finds himself as Trump pushes the Fed to hew more closely to his agenda. Instead of just focusing on their disagreement over the timing of interest-rate cuts, Trump has also personally attacked Powell, questioned spending on the renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters, discussed the job ...