The swamp is circling the wagons around the Federal Reserve after National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett had the audacity to suggest that New York Fed staff should face consequences for publishing a politically motivated report targeting President Trump's America First tariff agenda.
Hassett's crime? Simply stating that Federal Reserve Bank of New York personnel should be "disciplined" for producing what amounts to anti-Trump propaganda disguised as economic analysis. The report, predictably unfavorable to the White House's pro-American trade policies, represents exactly the kind of deep state resistance that Patriots voted to eliminate in 2024.
But instead of applauding accountability, the establishment is clutching their pearls over "Fed independence" – the same independence that has consistently worked against American workers and small businesses for decades. Since when did independence mean immunity from consequences for obvious political bias?
"The Federal Reserve has operated as an unelected fourth branch of government for too long, and it's time they answer to the American people," said one Trump administration official.
This manufactured controversy exposes everything wrong with Washington's sacred cows. The same people who cheered when the FBI, CIA, and DOJ were weaponized against Trump are now screaming about "institutional norms" when a Trump official demands basic accountability from federal bureaucrats.
The timing is no coincidence. Trump's tariff policies are already delivering results for American manufacturing, and the globalist establishment knows it. Rather than admit their free trade fantasy has failed working families, they're using their allies in the Federal Reserve system to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
Hassett's willingness to call out this bureaucratic sabotage shows exactly why Trump won in 2024. Americans are tired of unelected technocrats undermining the policies they voted for while hiding behind claims of "independence."
The real question isn't whether Hassett went too far – it's why more Trump officials aren't demanding accountability from the administrative state that has spent decades working against American interests. The swamp's hysterical reaction tells you everything you need to know about whose side they're really on.