"Trump Doesn't Give A Sh#t!" - Trump BATTLES Jerome Powell As Fed Renovations Go Over Budget

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Trump confronts Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve site over a $3.1B cost overrun. The PBD Podcast panel breaks down the viral moment, questions Fed mismanagement, and explores Trump’s strategy to pressure Powell, while comparing his bold style to Teddy Roosevelt.

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0:00.0	Jerome Powell got a visitor. And his visitor is kind of a big deal of a guy, pretty powerful
0:05.8	guy, a guy named Donald J. Trump shows up to kind of see what's going on with the federal
0:10.9	building. And it's one of the most awkward moments he's had with anybody else. And he says,
0:17.8	wow, so you guys spend how much money on this? Well, you spend it? No, it's $3.1 billion. No, it's not. No, it's not.
0:24.2	Rob, can you play that first clip of them two together, if you know which one I'm talking about?
0:28.8	This is Jerome Powell having a visit by President Trump with their hard hats looking amazing.
0:34.3	I'm sure the president loves wearing that hard hat. Go ahead, Rob.
0:37.9	One up a little bit,
0:39.6	or a lot. So
0:41.4	the 2.7 is now 3.1.
0:44.2	I'm not aware of that.
0:45.4	Yeah, it just came out.
0:47.4	Yeah, I haven't heard that from anybody
0:49.4	for fed.
0:50.9	Yeah, it just came out.
0:57.0	I'm not said at about 3.1 as well. 3.1, 3.2.
0:59.0	This came from us?
1:00.0	Yes.
1:01.0	I don't know who does that.
1:03.0	This came from us.
1:05.0	You're including the Martin renovation.
1:07.0	You just added in the third building is what that is.
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