Trump Almost Has a Point About the Federal Reserve(theatlantic.com)
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Trump Almost Has a Point About the Federal Reserve
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/01/federal-reserve-independence-lending/685444/
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The article is actually not about trump at all... rather it is a very clearly articulated case that the fed is completely subject to agency capture by the big banks and outlines a solution for solving this problem
When Trump is "right" about anything, he is correct in the same sense as a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Trump has an intellectual simplicity and purity to his thought: a single principle, so to speak: if it benefits his own magnificence Trump's for it, otherwise forgetaboutit.
Trump has an intellectual simplicity and purity to his thought: a single principle, so to speak: if it benefits his own magnificence Trump's for it, otherwise forgetaboutit.
"The central bank has long abused its power in ways that benefit the financial sector at the expense of everyone else."
[redacted] would like the Fed to abuse its power to benefit himself at the expense of everyone else. He does not 'almost' have a point, since none of the real problems of the Fed, as outlined in the article, are of his concern. He does not care about doing anything about those issues at all.
[redacted] would like the Fed to abuse its power to benefit himself at the expense of everyone else. He does not 'almost' have a point, since none of the real problems of the Fed, as outlined in the article, are of his concern. He does not care about doing anything about those issues at all.