#FederalReserveIndependence

“Trump Tried to Break Up with the Fed — But the Economy Caught Feelings"

Once upon a time in a land far, far away (okay, Washington D.C.), a man with a golden tower, a Twitter account, and a taste for tariffs decided he was done with economic experts telling him what to do. That man? Donald J. Trump. His target? The unshakeable, ever-so-boring Federal Reserve.

It started like any toxic relationship: Trump wanted lower interest rates *now*, and the Fed, like a responsible adult in the room, said, “Let’s wait and see.” Naturally, Trump did what any stable genius would do—he launched a Twitter barrage so intense, the stock market briefly thought it was under cyberattack.

Fast forward to today$: as inflation eats your lunch (literally, your $5 sandwich is now $9.99 with no extra cheese), analysts are clutching their pearls over a bigger problem—what if the Fed *isn’t* as independent as it used to be?

You see, the Federal Reserve is supposed to be like Switzerland—neutral, calm, and definitely not into political drama. But when tariffs started flying like dodgeballs at a 6th grade gym class, and Trump started treating monetary policy like his reality show, things got dicey.

“Imagine if your pilot took flight instructions from a guy who thinks windmills cause cancer,” said one anonymous economist (probably). That’s the level of market risk we’re talking about.

Some analysts fear that if the Fed starts bending to political will, it’s not just independence that goes out the window—it’s market stability. That’s right: your 401(k), your crypto dreams, your hope of buying a house before you turn 90—all hanging in the balance.

And the irony? Trump’s push to control the Fed came under the guise of “making America great again.” But if he’d succeeded, we might be trading our dollars for $DOGE

Dogecoin and bartering bread for broadband by now.