Trump Escalates Pressure on Fed’s Powell Over ‘Ostentatious’ HQ Renovation
Trump Escalates Pressure on Fed’s Powell Over ‘Ostentatious’ HQ Renovation President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, shifting focus to the central bank’s headquarters renovation plans as a new avenue for pressure. The latest development saw Russ Vought, Trump’s top budget adviser, send a letter to Powell, expressing the president’s “extreme trouble” over potential violations of government building rules with an “ostentatious overhaul.” This move follows Trump’s recent appointment of close aides James Blair…