At the Alfalfa Club’s annual dinner, President Trump joked during a speech Saturday night that he would sue Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh if he didn’t lower interest rates, Josh Dawsey, Annie Linskey and Natalie Andrews of Wall Street Journal report. Asked about those comments aboard Air Force One later Saturday evening, Trump said, “It’s a roast.” He said he didn’t extract any commitments from Warsh for the nomination. “I could have done that I guess if I wanted, but I didn’t,” he added.
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