The media circus surrounding Lisa Cook’s firing from the Fed's governorship is projecting President Trump as an authoritarian ruler who is poised to destroy the independence of the world's most powerful reserve bank. The narrative has been frighteningly repetitive and similar across every media outlet, from conservative to liberal.
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