Donald Trump continues his speech in interview

US President Donald Trump blamed the recent stock market downturn and the closure of the General Motors plant in the United States this week as well as layoffs on the Federal Reserve during an interview on Tuesday ( Wednesday, local time), renouncing any personal responsibility for is "not even a little happy" with his chosen central bank president by hand.

In an interview of 20 minutes very broad and sometimes discordant with The Washington PostTrump has long complained about Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome "Jay" Powell, whom he had named earlier this year. He argued that rising interest rates and other Fed policies had hurt the economy – as evidenced by the announcement made this week by GM that it was laying off 15 % of his workforce – although he has insisted that he does not worry about a recession.

"I'm doing business and I'm not accommodated by the Fed," said Trump. "They make a mistake because I have an instinct, and my intestine tells me more sometimes than someone else 's brain can ever say to me. "

He added: "So far, I'm not even a little happy with my selection of Jay.Not even a little bit.And I do not blame anyone, but I'm just telling you that I think the Fed off from the base with what they do. "

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Trump also rejected the federal government's historic report released last week, which said the damage caused by global warming was intensifying across the country. The president said that "I do not see" climate change attributable to man and that he did not believe in the scientific consensus.

"One of the problems that concerns many people is that we have a very high level of intelligence, but we are not necessarily such believers," Trump said. "You look at our air and our water, and it's now a clean record."

The president added about climate change: "In terms of whether it's man-made and if the effects you're talking about are there, I do not see it."

Trump's comments were most detailed on his disagreement with the country's dreadful national climate assessment released Friday by his government (local time), which revealed that climate change poses a serious threat to the health and financial security of Americans, only for the country's infrastructure and natural resources.

Sitting behind the Resolute Office in the Oval Office, Trump also threatened to cancel his scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a world summit this week because of the conflict between Russia and the United States. Ukraine in the maritime field. He said he was awaiting a "full report" from his national security team on Tuesday night (local time) on Russia's capture of three Ukrainian navy ships and their crews in the Black Sea on Sunday (time local).

"It will be very decisive," said Trump. "Maybe I will not have the meeting, maybe I will not even have the meeting … I do not like this aggression, I do not want this aggression from all."

Trump again questioned the CIA's assessment that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia had ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a collaborator of The post office, and said he took into account the repeated denials of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his decision to maintain a close alliance with the oil-rich desert kingdom.

"Maybe he did it and maybe he did not," Trump said. "But he denies it, and the people around him deny it, and the CIA did not say that he did it, by the way, I'm not saying that." they say that he did not do it, but they did not do it, do not say it affirmatively. "

The CIA estimated that Mohammed had ordered the assassination of Khashoggi and reported the results to lawmakers and the White House, according to people close to the case. Intelligence assessments are rarely, if ever, impassive, and Trump has repeatedly pointed out that there is no evidence that would irrefutably lead to blame for Mohammed.

However, the CIA based its overall assessment of Mohammed's role on a number of compelling evidence, including intercepted communications, surveillance from the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, where Khashoggi was killed in October, and the Analysis by the agency of the total control exercised by Mohammed over the Saudi government.

Meanwhile, Trump said that he had "no intention" to take steps to end the investigation of special advocate Robert Mueller III on the interference of Russia in the 2016 election.

"The Mueller investigation is what it is, it continues, and so on," said Trump. When asked if he would commit to letting the inquiry continue until his conclusion, he refrained from making an explicit commitment.

"This question has been asked about me for almost two years now," said the president. Councilor Kellyanne Conway then replied: "A thousand times".

Trump continued, "And in the meantime, he's still here, he should not be, but he's still there, so I have no intention of doing anything."

The president declined to formally discuss the Mueller team's accusation Monday (local time) that former Trump campaign leader Paul Manafort has allegedly violated his plea agreement in the United States. several times to the investigators.

Trump also launched the idea of ​​removing US troops from the Middle East, citing the lower price of oil as a reason for withdrawal.

"Now, are we going to stay in this part of the world? One of the reasons it's Israel," Trump said. "Oil is becoming less of a reason because we are producing more oil than ever before, so you know, all of a sudden, you do not have to stay there."

Trump also described as "very sad" the killing of three US soldiers during an explosion at the edge of a road in Afghanistan this week. He claimed that he was maintaining the military presence in Afghanistan only because "experts" had told him that the United States should continue to fight there.

The president said he planned to visit troops in the area, perhaps before Christmas.

"At the right time, I will do it," Trump said of a visit to a war zone, which would be his first as president.