Yeah, I don’t get the “trumpf will fire Powell” thing. He has no authority over the Fed, right?

Yes, I get he can apply pressure indirectly, but that’s not the same as having the power to fire anyone at the Fed. So this sounds like the media trying to grant trump the appearance of more authority than he has, which is a bad thing.

I’m hopeful Powell will stick out his term and continue to do make the best decisions he can.

Sounds good to me!

NY was the eleventh state in the US. We’d become the eleventh province of Canada, nice!

This is definitely worrisome.

But is it the end of the Constitution quite yet?

The Supreme Court hasn’t weighed in on the executive order trying to negate birthright citizenship, they said that lower courts couldn’t block EO’s at a national level.

Implicitly, their not commenting on the EO feels like they’ll let it stand when the case arrives, if they choose to hear it. Then I’d say the US Constitution is toast.

I’m an engineer, not a lawyer. I’d love to hear what someone more knowledgeable about this thinks.

Let’s try again.

Think carefully, surely you can see that two and two is five.

Don’t you agree?