President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded the Federal Reserve slash interest rates to 1% “or less,” hours after the central bank announced its first rate hike since 2023.

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“We are ‘carrying’ almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

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“LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!” he wrote.