After decades of Republicans lecturing Obama about keeping politics out of the Fed, Trump is now threatening to fire Powell and defending a criminal investigation into him—all because Powell won’t bend to Trump’s demands. The DOJ probe into building renovations looks suspiciously timed with Trump’s public ultimatums, turning law enforcement into a tool for intimidation. This is what authoritarianism looks like: when the powerful use the courts to punish those who won’t obey.

Source: https://thehill.com/business/5832243-trump-threatens-fire-powell