Trump is doing his darnedest to turn the U.S. into a banana republic.

Desperate to juice the economy he’s tanking, Donald Trump has been trying to bully the Federal Reserve into doing his bidding and lowering interest rates. After he was unable to push out chair Jerome Powell, and after his plan to fire Powell for cause flopped spectacularly , President P***y Grabber turned to Lisa Cook. By wild coincidence, I’m sure, she just happens to be the first Black woman on the board.

Via The New York Times (my emphases added):

The allegations against Ms. Cook came from Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who has spent weeks fanning Mr. Trump’s ire against the central bank. Together, Mr. Pulte and Mr. Trump have drummed up a steady stream of accusations in a bid

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