He did. And the guy didn’t get fired until Loomer pointed it out.
Meanwhile, NY POst confirms the story.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/08/us-news/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-threatens-housing-regulator-bill-pulte-in-explosive-trump-admin-fight/
Bessent and Musk got into it over personnel. Musk Lost. Now it is Pulte’s turn
pay close attention to this:
“Bessent has reportedly advised the president not to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whereas Pulte has been on a crusade to clear out Fed members — including most recently Board of Governors member Lisa Cook.”
Btw, the Government has archaic ways of dealing with getting rid of staff.
Bessent did not fire the Deputy Secretary as ordered. He was put on administrative leave. Not fired until Loomer pointed out what was going on.
It is possible that Bessent was transitioning him out due to some govt. rule
Here is what Loomer said:
Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
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Sep 3
SCOOP: I’ve just learned tonight that after I exposed the fact that Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender was placed on administrative leave, he was later fired. Apparently President Trump had ordered
@SecScottBessent
to fire Faulkender weeks ago, but Bessent secretly placed Faulkender on administrative leave instead of firing him. When my tweet came out, President Trump saw it and sources tell me he was not happy to learn than Faulkender was placed on admin leave instead of being fired.
Faulkender was then FIRED. “
1: Bessent can’t fire Powell, Powell doesn’t work for Bessent. Therefore Powell can’t refuse to fire Powell. He simply advised Trump it would be bad for markets to fire powell
2: The Pulte NY Post story has nothing to do with Bessent refusing to fire someone or Loomer.
3: Faulkender resigned.
““Bessent has reportedly advised the president not to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whereas Pulte has been on a crusade to clear out Fed members — including most recently Board of Governors member Lisa Cook.”
And Bessent is right. Powell has to leave in May anyway. It would do more damage financially right now to get rid of Powell. I think Pulte will be asked to leave before Bessent.