Despite the cacophony, this was just another weekday lunch at California’s last Rainforest Cafe, tucked inside a fluorescent-lit Inland Empire mall, about an hour east of downtown Los Angeles.

Mr. Warsh, if confirmed by the Senate, would replace Jerome Powell, who has faced a barrage of attacks from the Trump administration over the bank’s reluctance to more aggressively cut interest rates.

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