Trump's plane switch and election commission firings
A scattered rundown of Trump-era chaos, framed as bad news for anyone hoping for stable government, fair elections, or a Fed focused on ordinary people.
- Trump switched off the Qatar-gifted jet mid-trip after Secret Service advice, as Israel warned of a fresh Iran plot to kill him.
- Trump fired all three members of the Federal Election Commission, the bipartisan body that helps states run elections, months before the midterms.
- The Fed is being reshaped under new chair Kevin Warsh, adding crypto investor Marc Andreessen and an Xbox executive to push AI and deregulation.
- Wall Street is leaning harder into gambling — leveraged Treasury bets and prediction markets — with Goldman Sachs now curbing employee betting.
- Fox News is spotlighting US strikes on Iranian targets while glossing over hits on a nuclear site and the Iran-China rail line.
Outlook: Expect more abrupt firings and a Fed tilting toward crypto and AI, with election oversight weakened heading into the midterms.