President Donald Trump, after a tour of the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation, said he didn’t want to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell because of the plan’s cost overruns.

Trump visits Federal Reserve amid feud with Powell over renovations President Trump on Thursday is taking a tour of the Federal Reserve with Chair Jerome Powell in tow. Powell and Trump walked side-by-side in hard hats.

Donald Trump has been bullying Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell—calling him “too late,” insulting his intelligence, and trying to gin up a case that Powell spent too much on renovations of the agency’s headquarters as a pretext for firing him.

The Trump administration is sending mixed messages about whether Fed Chair Jerome Powell should stay with the central bank until the end of his term.

New data from the White House Council of Economic Advisers backs President Donald Trump's calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.