He’s setting Powell up as the scapegoat for when his dubious tariff sojourn and voter support crumbles.
By then, he and his cronies will have milked the turmoil for billions of dollars to line their own pockets and Powell will be dressed up and hung out to all the victims as the cause of their woes. Powell is going to be Trump and Co’s smokescreen to cover up their unadulterated financial debauchery of the US economy for their own gain.