Fed Board Member Lisa Cook Defies Trump’s Bid To Fire Her
Laura Coates Live
CNN
3.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, can he fire her or not? |
| 0:07.0 | Well, Trump tests his power and escalates his war against the Fed. |
| 0:11.0 | You know where this is headed, Supreme Court. |
| 0:13.0 | So will they co-sign them? |
| 0:16.0 | Plus, Democrats on defense as Trump presses them on crime |
| 0:20.0 | with a new threat to do whatever he wants, |
| 0:22.4 | wherever and whenever he wants. |
| 0:24.9 | And later, Cracker Barrow cracks under pressure. |
| 0:28.2 | The old logo is picnic and a comeback. |
| 0:30.6 | And guess who's taking credit? |
| 0:32.3 | Guess? |
| 0:33.2 | Tonight on Laura Coates Live. |
| 0:46.3 | Now tonight's a pretty good night to remember one key thing about President Trump. |
| 0:49.5 | He has made a career of firing people. |
| 0:53.3 | Rod, you're fired. He literally built a brand on doing just that. |
| 0:58.0 | Firing contestants on national television, and of course, you know it, The Apprentice. |
| 1:03.0 | And then firing official after official after official, |
| 1:09.0 | after official, tried his entire first term. |
| 1:11.1 | And now in a second term, that really hasn't changed much either. |
| 1:15.1 | He or his allies have used their authority to doge and purge soup to nuts. |
| 1:21.6 | But in a world where we hear all about the people who served the pleasure of the president, |
| 1:26.6 | tonight the question is not who he can |
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