Better than anyone · Second term · № 63
Knew more about contractors than any human being that's ever lived
“So it's—there is criminality. Maybe it's with the contractor, but—because I know more about contractors than any human being maybe that's ever lived.”
- Said
- , Remarks before a meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan, the White House
- Subject
- contractors
- Topic
- Economy & prices
- Era
- Second term
What the record showed
He said the Federal Reserve headquarters renovation was costing "$3- to $4 billion" and that he could have done it for $25 million. During his July 24, 2025 tour of the site he said the cost had risen from $2.7 billion to $3.1 billion; Chairman Powell replied he had not heard that figure and that the document Trump handed him added a third building, the Martin building, which was finished five years earlier.