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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump clashes with Jerome Powell during awkward tour of Federal Reserve

President Donald Trump had a tense exchange with Federal Reserve Board of Governors chair Jerome Powell over the cost of a long-running renovation as he toured the central bank’s Washington headquarters.

After viewing parts of the billion-dollar renovation, Trump and Powell stopped briefly to speak to reporters who’d traveled to the Federal Reserve headquarters with the president.

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