Donald Trump did not fire any commissioners from the FTC today. Donald Trump declared that he had fired the commissioners. That is, functionally, he announced a desire that he should have the power to fire FTC commissioners and named the commissioners that he would fire if he were to have that power—a power which he does not, within the bounds of the law and the constitution, possess.
The media is creating the reality this regime wants by acting as stenographers rather than explaining or providing context.
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