One of the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Adriana Kugler, is stepping down next week, creating an opening for President Donald Trump.

Adriana Kugler’s exit unfolds amid unprecedented public pressure from the White House on the central bank over monetary policy, with Trump regularly launching personal insults at Jerome Powell,

Trump has launched a series of scathing attacks on Powell over his refusal to reduce interest rates. The president claimed that the central banker is "TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID, & TOO POLITICAL, to have the job of Fed Chair" in a post on his Truth Social website on Thursday.

As was widely expected, Fed policymakers on Wednesday left the central bank's overnight rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.

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