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Trump’s Fed Pick Promises Independence — From Whom, Exactly?

EDITOR'S NOTES

Stephen Miran, Trump’s freshly minted Federal Reserve Governor, made headlines this week for vowing to be “as independent as I can” while serving in one of the most powerful, opaque institutions on the planet — the Federal Reserve. But don’t be fooled by the political theater. Miran’s pledge of independence is little more than a smokescreen masking the deeper reality: the Fed doesn’t serve the people — it serves power. And every new appointee, no matter how “respectful” of presidential whispers, is another cog in a machine designed to control, inflate, and surveil the monetary lives of every American.

Derek Wolfe Sep 23, 25

The Myth of Fed Independence

Stephen Miran says Trump “has never asked me to set policy in a specific way.” Well, no kidding. He doesn’t have to. The illusion of independence has always been the Fed’s most valuable PR tool — a way to convince the public that monetary policy is above politics, untouchable by grubby populist hands.

But if you’ve ever watched how the Fed actually operates — how it coordinates with the Treasury, bails out megabanks, manipulates interest rates to juice markets, and quietly prepares for a digital dollar rollout — you’ll know it’s never been about neutrality. It's about control. And Miran, like every other bureaucrat stuffed into a Brooks Brothers suit and plopped behind a D.C. podium, is just another friendly face painted onto a weaponized institution.

Trump, Biden — It Doesn’t Matter

Let’s not pretend Trump is some kind of Fed destroyer. He criticizes the Fed when it suits him, then loads it with loyalists when the markets need a boost. Biden doid the same — just swaps out the jargon and adds ESG buzzwords.

The truth? The central bank survives all administrations because it's the real power center. Politicians come and go. The Fed stays. It prints the money, manipulates the rates, and in doing so, manufactures booms, busts, and bailouts that benefit the elite and crush the working class.

Miran’s confirmation changes nothing. Whether he dissents or not, whether he listens “respectfully” to Trump or not — he still works for a cartel that counterfeits trillions while pretending to steward the economy.

The Coming War on Cash, Rates, and Freedom

The Fed isn’t just adjusting rates — it’s retooling the financial system. Behind closed doors, they’re laying the groundwork for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) despite Trump’s outright ban, pegged to the same Fed-controlled monetary base. If you think stablecoins are surveillance tools, wait until the Fed rolls out programmable money that they control end-to-end — from issuance to expiration.

And interest rates? They're just another lever of manipulation. Lower them, and you inflate the everything bubble. Raise them, and you tank the middle class. No matter the direction, the pain gets passed to us, while the donor class laughs all the way to the asset column.

Miran’s lone dissent on the last rate cut is a footnote, not a revolution. The real story is the Fed’s continued war on savings, sovereignty, and cash-based autonomy.

Derek’s Take: End the Fed Before It Ends You

Forget Miran’s empty promises. Forget Trump’s grandstanding. And for the love of liberty, forget thinking the Fed is a neutral actor.

The Federal Reserve is not your friend. It is a private banking cartel with the power to devalue your labor, destroy your savings, and now — with digital dollars on the horizon — surveil your every transaction.

It’s time to rip off the mask. This isn’t a debate about rate cuts or partisan appointments. It’s a fight for monetary sovereignty.

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