MSNBC
@msnow·9.6M subscribers·117.7K videos
'FIVE ALARM FIRE': Trump attempts to fire Fed board member, inviting economic calamity
Posted
August 26, 2025
Views
454,634
Likes
9,418
Comments
2,048
Engagement
2.52%
August 26, 2025
454,634
9,418
2,048
2.52%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
8:08Now PlayingDonald Trump is attempting to violate the independence of the Federal Reserve Board by claiming the power to fire one of its members, Lisa Cook, exposing the United States economy to the risk that its credibility will be reduced to the compromised level of Trump's. Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Trump is playing with fire he doesn't understand.
Our next MSNBC Live event is on October 11th in New York City! Buy Tickets Now: msnbc.com/live25
For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here
» Subscribe to MSNBC
» Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok
» Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram
Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance
Follow MSNBC Show Blogs
MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, The Briefing with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, The Weeknight, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more.
Connect with MSNBC Online
Visit msnbc.com
Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter
#trump #lisacook #economy
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
