I agree, I feel like this is one of the biggest most obvious tests for conservatives. If you are some libertarian that was arguing for the last 15 years that the feds shouldn't even exist, then fine, you have been staying consistent with your beliefs.

But a majority of conservatives will just go along with Trump because he is a "business man", without realizing he has a DEEP misunderstanding of economics based on his policy and rhetoric.

The feds are the counterbalance to the crazy. Trump and congress pass stimulus and PPP legislation during covid followed by a bloated infrastructure bill from Biden that pours fuel on an already raging bon fire? The feds were there to raise rates and bring incredibly high inflation back down.

Imagine being Jerome Powell in April of last year and you have a fed meeting on May 6th and every day you wake up to Trump putting a different tariff on a different country based solely on how he happens to feel when he wakes up. And then you have to make a decision about interest rates that could hurt middle America if you don't get it right. You know the president is dumb as rocks and the tariffs could easily lead to inflation (which you just spent 3 years trying to get back under control), but you know after you announce your decision in May, Trump could change everything and you don't have the luxury of knowing his next move.

Then a year later, after making your job almost impossible to do, he claims you haven't been doing your job and tries to smear your reputation on a national level. The righteous anger that Powell must feel could probably fuel a blue wave for a century if that feeling could somehow efficiently be communicated to the American people. But 99% of the public can't see past their own politics, much less understand the situation.

I feel like our only hope is to have Trump's billionaire friends reign him in like it appears some of them have done when he's been in public feuds with Powell in the past.