Saturday, July 19, 2025

Trump Appointees Pushed More Marble in Fed Building

While Trump complains about the pricy white marble adorning the Federal Reserve headquarters, the Associated Press reports that designers wanted the building to be glass to represent the transparency of the Fed but Trump appointees decided the marble was what the Fed building needed.

Posted by LampLighter at 09:31 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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Hahahahahahahahaha ... everything is so stupid. The latest reason to fire Jay Powell is the Fed's use of "premium marble" as part of an "ostentatious overhaul" of its offices. But the Fed wanted glass. Trump appointees insisted on marble. apnews.com/article/powe ...

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-- Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) Jul 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM

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More from the article ...

... As the Fed moved forward with plans to renovate its Great Depression-era headquarters in Washington during Trump's 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 the building.

The Fed's architects said the central bank wanted glass walls, to reflect the Fed as a transparent institution, but three Trump appointees to a local commission felt marble best fit the building's historic character. While most of the proposed glass exterior was kept, some marble was added as a result, according to the minutes of the Commission of Fine Arts, which advises the federal government on architecture. ...




#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-18 10:21 PM

------- demented idiot

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-18 10:47 PM

@#2

Ya know, you really need to try to be more expressive of your opinions.

;)

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-18 10:51 PM

I have a blockage

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-18 11:05 PM

@#4 ... I have a blockage ...

Maybe more fiber in your diet?

[ducking]

;)

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-18 11:32 PM

But back to the topic of the thread ...

So, Pres Trump's and GOP protests about the money being spent on renovation by the Fed may be a result of the money that the GOP wanted to spend during Trump 1.0, and not something that Chmn Powell is responsible for?


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-18 11:49 PM

How much has Lewzer spent gold plating the White House? It looks like a Turkish brothel from an old movie.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-18 11:56 PM

@#7 ... How much has Lewzer spent gold plating the White House? ...

I had been holding that question in reserve. :)

... It looks like a Turkish brothel from an old movie. ...

Ya think?

Good grief. The most esteemed Oval Office of The People now looks like a gold-plated gaudy tribute to the uber-wealthy.

(and I am being kind with that comment.)



#8 | Posted by lamplighter at 2025-07-19 12:17 AM

(and I am being kind with that comment.)

What it looks like is one of his many bankrupt casinos.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-19 12:29 AM

Gold my ass. It's spray painted Plywood from Home Depot.

#10 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-07-20 08:10 AM

Good Lord, he's such a shallow weirdo.

#11 | Posted by cbob at 2025-07-20 09:58 PM

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