SCOOP: Yesterday, Trump issued an ultimatum to the three remaining board members he hasn't yet fired at the Tennessee Valley Authority: 

Fire the CEO or prepare to be fired. 

The board balked -- the CEO is doing everything Trump wants. 

But insiders suspect the president is angling to install an ally who could help revive privatization plans.

SCOOP: Yesterday, Trump issued an ultimatum to the three remaining board members he hasn't yet fired at the Tennessee Valley Authority: 

Fire the CEO or prepare to be fired. 

The board balked -- the CEO is doing everything Trump wants. 

But insiders suspect the president is angling to install an ally who could help revive privatization plans. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/trump-tennessee-valley-authority/683540/

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i used to drive by this on the way to visit family. it's such a quiet giant and a bubble in east tennessee. TVA employees have an entire town and school system to themselves.