Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks
You can't make it up..
https://apnews.com/article/powell-trump-federal-reserve-16a3a78bab27f44e058d69829a8dcfa9
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim
grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result of policies backed by Trump himself.
As the Fed moved forward with plans to renovate its Great Depression-era headquarters in Washington during Trumps first term, it faced concerns in 2020 during a vetting process involving Trump appointees, who called for more white Georgia marble for the facade of building.
The Feds architects said the central bank had wanted glass walls to reflect the Fed as a transparent institution, but three Trump appointees to a local commission felt marble best fit the buildings historic character. Marble was added as a result, according to the minutes of the Commission of Fine Arts, which advises the federal government on architecture