The Media Jumps to Defend Trump-Fired Bureaucrats
30th August 2025
It’s probably safe to say that unless they were a serious Washington insider, most Americans had never heard the names of Center for Disease Control Director Susan Monarez and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
Until, that is, now.
Both Ms. Monarez and Ms. Cook are now in the media’s headlines because both have been fired by President Donald Trump. On the surface, the two have nothing in common. The CDC and the Federal Reserve are two considerably different institutions, with one, as its name indicates, focused on disease control and the physical health of Americans, while the other is all about the economy and American finances.
But in fact – not that you would know this from the liberal media – the CDC and the Federal Reserve do in fact have something very much in common. Both institutions are filled with federal government employees whose first loyalty is to left-leaning politics, the federal government and its bureaucracy – not to the elected President of the United States of the moment. Most particularly does this apply to President Trump, he the decidedly “Outsider” president who was merely elected by the American people. Not to mention – oh the horror! – Trump is a Republican and, worse, someone who never spent a professional day in Washington until elected President.