President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.

Summary

Trump abruptly fired Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, ending his tenure as a key Biden-era regulator retained from the previous administration.

Chopra oversaw sweeping reforms that removed medical debt from credit reports and limited overdraft penalties, measures widely seen by critics as regulatory overreach.

In a social media post, he thanked loyal supporters for helping the bureau hold powerful companies accountable and prepare policies to block foreign data surveillance.

Critics warned his dismissal clearly signals the end of consumer protections and a rollback of the agency’s mission.

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    I knew he would do this shit. It’s not about disbelief. It’s about how blatantly brazen he is about doing it in the wide open.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 hours ago

      Again, there were literally no signs saying that he’d be discrete, zero, and a million pointing to him being crude, overt, and aggressive in how he approached this term. The republicans have never been much to care and Trump and this entire era of that party as defined by him have made themselves so distinct because they say the quiet parts out loud. It’s the whole brand.

      I do not know why you expected any different. The very small part of me that hoped it would happen differently, that thought that maybe the rest of the party would help contain him, did so because it didn’t want to fall further into the despair that is a world where the U.S. accelerates its efforts to be a fucking blight on the world.

      • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        At this point, I honestly don’t think you understand what it is I’m trying to say here and I can’t explain it any better than I have.

        I didn’t expect a different outcome. I don’t know how to be more clear about this. I just expected a different method of execution.

        And since you’re not getting it- this is me admitting I was wrong in my assumption. But for some reason, you felt the need to illustrate that I was wrong in thinking he’d be more subtle? After I said I was wrong in thinking he’d be more subtle?

        Seriously… I don’t get the motive here.

        • Soup@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 hours ago

          I’ve been very clear that I’m talking exactly about, and I’ll separate it so you can understand:

          1. You assumption that the execution would be cleaner and/or more gentle, and

          2. That I know you’re admitting you’re wrong but I’m just wholly surprised at how you even got to that wrong answer in the first place.

          I’m not being tricky with my words, but the U.S. is largely nearly illiterate so maybe that’s part of it. The motive at first was just the second point wondering how you even thought it’d be vaguely ok at any point and how you missed all the signs.