“You’re Fired!” … “No, I’m Not!”

“Mr. Trump has made no secret about his desire to remake the roster of the Federal Reserve, relentlessly attacking the central bank and its members in the hopes they will lower borrowing costs. Until recently, he was focused on Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair. But his attention recently turned to Ms. Cook.” Lisa Cook Says She Will Not Step Down From the Fed Board. Booking the Cook is the new Cooking the Books. In the latest move, Lisa Cook’s lawyer announced plans to sue over Trump firing from Fed board. Meanwhile, the market continues to take news like this in stride.

+ Trump says ‘Cracker Barrel should go back to the old logo.’ Why am I including a story about a guy who went bankrupt multiple times giving business and branding advice with a story about unprecedented presidential attacks on the Fed? Because they’re both examples of a president being somewhere he has no business being. In the case of Trump, he’s everywhere. And that’s by design. Sydney Sweeney in a controversial jeans ad? Trump chimes in. Company changes its logo? Trump chimes in. No headline can exist for long without the word Trump being shoehorned into it. That’s one way insidious authoritarianism works. Citizens are left with two options: Either think about the leader when they think about any issue. Or tune out completely.