Why Trump Is Trying to Fire Lisa Cook

President Donald Trump shared a letter on social media Monday night, addressed to Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook stating he had made the decision to remove her from her position.

It immediately launched a legal fight over the validity of Trump’s move and raised concerns about the future of Fed independence.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg international economics and policy correspondent Michael McKee joins host Sarah Holder to discuss the immediate fallout — and the potential long term ramifications.

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