White House budget director Russ Vought accused the Fed of an “ostentatious overhaul” featuring rooftop terrace gardens, VIP dining rooms, special elevators, water features, and premium marble. Powell disputed these claims during his June testimony, stating: “There’s no VIP dining room. There’s no new marble. There are no special elevators. There are no new water features. And there’s no roof terrace gardens.” The Fed says those elements were removed from initial 2021 plans submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission.
Lies, lies and more lies. Jfc, if you’re gonna accuse someone at least come to the table with updated facts ffs.
The Justice Department stated Sunday that Attorney General Pam Bondi “has instructed her US Attorneys to prioritize investigating any abuse of tax payer dollars,” though it declined to comment on specific cases.
I vote for Pambi to look into the costs of the new ‘ballroom’ Trump is building … that had no oversight, Congress had no say in, and taxpayers are paying for it anyway.
The Fed says those elements were removed from initial 2021 plans submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission.
Okay, so the truth is a bit nuanced, and between the lines.
So the plans were submitted in 2021, the Biden administration, but were presumably drawn up during the previous Trump administration.
So the Trump era Fed submitted drawings with all these luxurious elements, and the Biden administration killed them. Now Trump 2.0 is criticizing the ridiculous plans of Trump 1.0, that were eliminated by Biden.
The Fed says those elements were removed from initial 2021 plans submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission.
Now I’m interested in knowing a bit more about what the plans were before 2021. You know, when Trump was in charge the first time. Since so much of this complaint concerns discrepancies between what was originally planned, what got approval, and what Congress was told, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if the Trump administration was planting a way to trap the Fed all along.
Trump didn’t like Powell, even though Trump appointed him. It makes sense that after years of Powell ignoring him, Trump would want to manufacture a way to fire him. And while Powell’s term as Fed chair ends in a few months, he is still a Fed governor and that term lasts longer. Conventionally, when a Fed chair reaches the end of his term he also resigns from the board entirely, but there is nothing conventional about all this.
I wouldn’t give them that much credit. Much like Comey and Letitia the administration is just throwing whatever they can find at them. The cases aren’t real or serious, they’re just weaponizing the justice department to threaten and harass people. Plus when you appointed enough judges, there is a chance you might get Trumped up charges to stick.
Except that the Fed spokesperson said the expensive features were removed from the plan in 2021. Which, coincidentally, is when the Biden administration moved in. If these expensive features were never in the plan, they would have said so. This implies that they were in the plan at some point, during the first Trump admjnistration, and I wonder if they encouraged it as a trap. It sounds like the type of thing they would do.
Lies, lies and more lies. Jfc, if you’re gonna accuse someone at least come to the table with updated facts ffs.
I vote for Pambi to look into the costs of the new ‘ballroom’ Trump is building … that had no oversight, Congress had no say in, and taxpayers are paying for it anyway.
Okay, so the truth is a bit nuanced, and between the lines.
So the plans were submitted in 2021, the Biden administration, but were presumably drawn up during the previous Trump administration.
So the Trump era Fed submitted drawings with all these luxurious elements, and the Biden administration killed them. Now Trump 2.0 is criticizing the ridiculous plans of Trump 1.0, that were eliminated by Biden.
Now I’m interested in knowing a bit more about what the plans were before 2021. You know, when Trump was in charge the first time. Since so much of this complaint concerns discrepancies between what was originally planned, what got approval, and what Congress was told, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if the Trump administration was planting a way to trap the Fed all along.
Trump didn’t like Powell, even though Trump appointed him. It makes sense that after years of Powell ignoring him, Trump would want to manufacture a way to fire him. And while Powell’s term as Fed chair ends in a few months, he is still a Fed governor and that term lasts longer. Conventionally, when a Fed chair reaches the end of his term he also resigns from the board entirely, but there is nothing conventional about all this.
I wouldn’t give them that much credit. Much like Comey and Letitia the administration is just throwing whatever they can find at them. The cases aren’t real or serious, they’re just weaponizing the justice department to threaten and harass people. Plus when you appointed enough judges, there is a chance you might get Trumped up charges to stick.
Except that the Fed spokesperson said the expensive features were removed from the plan in 2021. Which, coincidentally, is when the Biden administration moved in. If these expensive features were never in the plan, they would have said so. This implies that they were in the plan at some point, during the first Trump admjnistration, and I wonder if they encouraged it as a trap. It sounds like the type of thing they would do.