Fed Chair Fact Checks Trump to His Face During Bizarre Building Tour

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fed-chair-fact-checks-trump-to-his-face-during-bizarre-building-tour/

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  1. > “It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion, it went up a little bit or a lot,” Trump claimed. “So the $2.7 [billion] is now $3.1.” As the president spoke, Powell shook his head to show he disagreed with the president’s remarks.
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    > “I’m not aware of that, Mr. President,” Powell said.
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    >“Yeah, it just came out,” Trump responded, pulling a piece of paper out of his breast pocket.
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    > “I haven’t heard that from anybody at the Fed,” the chair said before taking the piece of paper from the president to examine.
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    > After looking over the page with a confused look on his face, Powell realized why the numbers were not adding up. “You’re including the Martin renovation,” Powell said. “You just added in a third building is what that is.”
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    > “It’s a building that’s being built,” the president responded.
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    > “No, it was built five years ago. We finished Martin five years ago,” Powell shot back.
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    > “It’s part of the overall work,” Trump said to the camera, but the chair cut in, saying: “It’s not new.” The Martin building reopened in 2021.

  2. Good for Powell. Trump as usual has to twist the facts about anyone he doesn’t like to fit his narrative

  3. God it’s refreshing someone finally pushes back and doing it as he spews his nonsense.

  5. It was obvious what Trump was trying to do. He had the “newly released” numbers in his pocket and was ready to read it. Junior High level of corruption!

  8. Are we talking about the same Trump that raped children with Epstein?

  9. Surprised he didn’t bring up construction for things a decade ago or longer. The fact the felon had the document on hand, highlighted and ready to go just shows they are looking for an excuse to get rid of him.

    Good thing Powell is not an idiot and can read unlike trump.

  11. PedoDonnie isn’t really known for mastering facts or truth.

  12. He always looks like such a fucking dumbass when he gets called out to his face lol keep it up

  13. Maybe Jerome Powell could give a seminar to people in Washington on how to grow a spine around Trump.

  14. JPow’s disdain for Trump is so deliciously thick here I could pour it on my pancakes.

  15. This guy, he made his money off “building stuff”???

    He’s so clueless or else shady (or both) but Trump got royally faced.

  16. The Trump species is the dumbest species to ever exist in this universe.

  17. Powell should simply point out the the US dollar has fallen sharply with Trumps excess debt. What is it 10% now, maybe more.

  19. One guy has been doing his job, trying to keep the country out of a recession. The other guy is on the Epstein list.

  20. Trump loses a bullying contest with Powell, no wonder Putin has his number.

  21. You can tell that President Trump had this all prepared ahead of time to embarrass Chairman Powell.

    Pretty well any time Trump reaches into his inside jacket pocket you know that it is a setup and Trump is going in for what he thinks is the kill. Good on Chairman Powell to react how he did, cool, calm, and with the facts in a no nonsense manner.

    Of course Trump is trying to embarrass the Chair of the Federal Reserve just because Mr. Powell will not bend a knee to him and lower interest rates as he wants. I figure after this episode that Trump will be embarrassed and angry enough to actually fire the Chairman and put his own puppet in his place.

  22. Donald Trump has a 35% approval rating. Nobody should be afraid to fact-check him to his face. This Administration is falling apart faster than the sneakers he sold.

  23. This is an excellent humiliation of Trump using his own dumb bullying trick against him.

    This is the same tactic they used against Zelensky when they ambushed him with the ‘You never said thank you’ lies in front of cameras. It’s all planned and meant to make the other person look bad when they don’t respond quickly in real time.

    Notice how Trump was ready for the push back and immediately reached for his pocket and pulled out the paper – a fully planned move.

    The intent is to present some damning “facts” that the other guy can’t dispute in real time. But this time Powell was totally prepared and was able to expose the lie in front of the cameras. I wouldn’t be surprised if Powell had fully expected Trump to pull this trick during the public showing. Why else would Trump even be seen with Powell at this point if not to play a trick on him. And I hope everyone in the future take note of this trick and come just as prepared.

    It now looks exactly the opposite of what Trump intended – Powell comes off as smart and honest and Trump as having been caught in a lie – he must be absolutely fuming that this backfired.

  24. trump tried lumping in a separate bldg to the current project to make it look like costs were too high, Powell shut him down.

  27. Its fun to see someone who gives absolutely zero fucks about what trump thinks

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