In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Trump spoke highly of Hassett and Warsh as potential candidates to replace Powell.

Donald Trump has said Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are now the front-runners in the race to succeed Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell when his term leading the world’s most powerful central bank ends next May.

Trump has trimmed down his shortlist for the next Federal Reserve chair to four names, all loyalists: Kevin Warsh, Kevin Hassett, Christopher Waller, and Michelle Bowman. Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box Tuesday morning,

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett signaled in a Sunday interview that he is open to succeeding Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he’s tapped to do so. In an interview on NBC