How Trump 2.0 is undoing Trump 1.0

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The 47th president is in many ways a different man than the 45th president, even though they are both Donald J. Trump.

He’s unafraid to swear in public or on social media and he’s more emboldened, willing to directly challenge the Constitution and the courts and capable of demanding more loyalty from Republicans.

But Trump 2.0 is also in direct competition with his former self in several important ways, starting with the fact that he can’t seem to remember appointing people he now loathes.

Trump’s aides are looking at ways to oust Jay Powell, the Fed chairman Trump nominated to the role during his first term. Trump told House Republicans he had drafted a letter to take the unprecedented step of firing the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Markets beware.