President Donald Trump met with Kevin Warsh about his potential nomination to be the next Federal Reserve chairman, the Wall Street Journal said Friday. Warsh was a Fed governor from 2006 until 2011 and was a member of former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s inner circle of advisers. Prior to that, Warsh worked in White House for President George W. Bush. He is the son-in-law of Ron Lauder, a friend of the president. The report, which quotes a White House official, said Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with Warsh on Thursday.
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