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VRA Letter: Charles Schwab & Fox Business. Trump v Powell; Here We Go. Snowline Gold; Massive Discovery in the Making

Good Thursday morning. Heads up: Tyler will be on the Charles Schwab TV network @ 11:50 EST https://www.schwab.com/schwab-network and I will be on Fox Business with Charles Payne in the 2PM EST hour. Hope you can join us. ...

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Good Thursday morning. Heads up: Tyler will be on the Charles Schwab TV network @ 11:50 EST https://www.schwab.com/schwab-network and I will be on Fox Business with Charles Payne in the 2PM EST hour. Hope you can join us. I have to say, with Trump calling for Powell to be terminated this morning, it’s an interesting day for us to be on air.

Here’s Trump's post from an hour ago:

Over the years I’ve made my views clear about Powell. This was my post on X from last August.

Powell Goes After Trump…Hard

Here are the most direct quotes from Fed Chair J Powell about President Trump's tariff policies (from his speech and Q&A).

- "Trump tariffs are even higher than we thought they would be, meaning the effects on the economy will be too (higher inflation, slower growth)".

- “Unemployment and prices will go up…we have to get through this.”

- “This will place our dual mandate goals in tension”. Powell was asked “is this a stagflation environment?” And whil...

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