Trump hinted that if the appointment of a Federal Reserve board member is signed by an automatic signature machine, he may seek to dismiss them

According to Jinshi Data, U.S. President Trump hinted that if the appointment letters of Federal Reserve governors appointed by former President Biden were signed by an automatic signature machine, he might seek to dismiss them. This is his latest attempt to strengthen control over the central bank. However, this move is unlikely to succeed.

Trump previously claimed he would revoke the executive orders signed by Biden using an automatic signature machine, but the result was minimal aside from drawing attention. Any efforts to declare Senate-approved appointments invalid would almost certainly face legal challenges from the appointees.

Nevertheless, these remarks still represent Trump's latest intrusion into the independence of the central bank.

At a political rally in Pennsylvania, Trump stated, "I heard that those appointment letters might have been signed by an automatic signature machine. If it was indeed signed by an automatic signature machine—maybe I’m wrong, but we will find out."

According to procedural rules, after the nominees are approved by the Senate, the president completes the appointment process by signing the appointment letters to officially establish their federal office. Trump then suggested that if the officials he appointed similarly used an automatic signature machine, he might "kick that person out." He asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was present at the rally, to investigate the matter.

"Can you check on that?" Trump continued. "Scott, okay, because I heard the automatic signature machine might have signed all four, or maybe a few of them—let's check two of them. So look into this."

The Federal Reserve declined to comment.