Trump’s attacks threaten to backfire in new fight to oust Fed's Lisa Cook

Systemic Error Podcast · Oct 15, 2026 · 5m

What happened

AlterNet reports that President Donald Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook may be undermined by his own statements. Trump called Cook “dishonest” but also complained that she is “an automatic no vote” against the lower interest rates he wants, tying his campaign against her to a policy dispute rather than merely to the mortgage allegations cited against her.

The Supreme Court stopped Trump’s initial attempt to dismiss Cook in June because she had not received an opportunity to respond, while leaving open another attempt following due process. The…