Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, marking the first time in U.S. history that a president has tried to fire a sitting member of the Federal Reserve Board. The move raises questions about the limits of executive power over the central bank.
No, he *tried* to fire her, which is illegal. Framing the issue in the the way you did helps Trump destroy any remaining shred of law and constitutional order we have left. Do better.
A set up by our dirty DOJ
Please stop using headlines that say he has fired her. He has failed to do so, and we await a court process that will end in a Supreme Court that recently said he doesn’t have the authority to fire Fed board members. This headline is irresponsible.
I think that's the point of this entire situation. He's wants to prove he is the ultimate in the power struggle...that despite the SC ruling, he will do what he wants when he wants, and even the SC will kneel to him in the end.
And she said hell no and is staying. He can try but he will fail she’s tough
Uh, he TRIED to fire her. She's not going anywhere because he has no power to fire her.
Thank you, Craig! 👍
The default position with anything trump does is to say Go fuck yourself trump is head of the most prolific crime syndicate ever seen in America
This agency is independent of the executive.
Putting the nation’s economic future solely in the hands of a con man who went bankrupt seven times seems like an unbelievably stupid idea.
Long time admirer, first time responder: Trump did not fire Cook as your headline states. Your lede corrects this, noting he’s *trying* to fire her. We really need to stop using his language as it gives weight to misinformation and helps facilitate his alternative reality. Thanks.
Headlines are not held to the same journalistic standards as actual news stories. Oftentimes Headlines are not written by the authors. News aggregates come up the Headlines to encourage clicks, thus they bait people to read further... The new normal is people clicking to read if its really true.
But this isn’t a “media” headline. Democracy Docket’s purpose is legal pushback in service of democracy. I expect better of them precisely because they do know the value of words.
Wait,Get your words right who wrote that headline-so he is trying to fire, but can't and is instead sort of just harassing? Her? By claiming he fired Her 🤣 and she has two primary residence, but the orange "lives" at a hotel mmmm wtf
Words matter. Did he fire her, or is he TRYING to fire her?
What is the truth - you say Trump fired Cook then say he tried to fire her?
Did he fire her or “fire” her
Just seven months have passed and America already looks like 1933 Germany or 2025 Russia. The nightmare that never ends.
Think this is about race? maybe? (Rhetorical)
Please change the headline. It’s completely inaccurate.
He didn't, because he can't. But he's trying.
He wants to fire her because she’s a black woman.
He did NOT fire her. He posted he did. He has no legal authority without cause. She has a right to defend the accusations in court
“Claims to have fired,” would be more accurate. His legal authority is seriously in question.
I sure hope she wins her case. We cannot have a Trump lapdog in Frdersl Reserve. It will severely hurt our country and bankrupt many.
He didn’t fire her. He cannot.
Chuck frump!
The fed reserve ...they pay for all the wars. They encourage all the white supremacy. They make trillions just like a ton of congress do w military contracts etc. So what's trump doing beyond the usual hate and intolerance comments. We just saw a shift in gaza due to of course deals Nvidia too
Trump says a lot of things, including that he’s firing Lisa Cook. Doesn’t make it true
I guess it would be more appropriate to say that Trump is attempting to fire her. They state a cause - now it's on them to prove the merits of the cause before a judge.
Why do you say he fired her when he can’t?
This belongs on a hat.. lol
Dude he didn’t fire her. Get your shit together, @democracydocket.com
theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Irrelevant to the post
Sorry about that.
He's so demented, he thinks he's on a TV show
He doesn’t have the power to do this. He threatened, being the buffoon he is.
An illegal action!
Someone better tell her because she's still showing up to work.
Scotus will allow trump to do anything
He has no grounds to fire her - no proven misconduct, no malfeasance, no neglect of duty, no inefficiency, “no cause.” Most glaring, he’s trying to conflate ‘mortgage fraud’ as grounds for dismissal - DJT, Convicted Felon for Falsifying Business Records, is accusing Lisa Cook of ‘mortgage fraud.’