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After Bitcoin dropped to 80,000 last year and then rebounded sharply, New York Fed President Williams came out to release information. The Fed has canceled the original forward guidance and gradually evolved into using voting distributions and regional Fed presidents' hints as alternative guidance. The advantage of this approach is distributed responsibility; if any unexpected news shocks the market, no one can be held accountable. However, this news flash is actually rehashing old news, with the source being an interview from last Friday. Based on his past record, he seems more like a forerunner for signaling, and Friday's speech was essentially explaining the reason why the FOMC held steady this time. It follows the typical approach of shifting responsibility or decision-making power to the data, thereby distancing the Fed from responsibility in case of market turmoil. From Trump's perspective, ensuring a steady rise in the stock market before the midterm elections is definitely the best plan. Theoretically, what he can do is to halt actions on Iran and tariffs to reduce inflation. Given that he recently secured quite a bit of money from Japan and South Korea, temporarily easing off on oil and taxes also has an economic basis. But practically, tariffs are one of his governing foundations and cannot be removed, and Iran won't allow easing on oil. So ultimately, it comes down to using the money harvested overseas to provide welfare and buy votes.