>>511274982 (OP) “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.
“I’m not aware of that, Mr. President,” Powell said.
“Yeah, it just came out,” Trump responded, pulling a piece of paper out of his breast pocket.
“I haven’t heard that from anybody at the Fed,” the chair said before taking the piece of paper from the president to examine.
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.”
“It’s a building that’s being built,” the president responded.
“No, it was built five years ago. We finished Martin five years ago,” Powell shot back.
“It’s part of the overall work,” Trump said to the camera, but the chair cut in, saying: “It’s not new.”
