WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump, who has been critical of cost overruns on renovations at the Federal Reserve, toured the ongoing construction there on Thursday, alongside Chairman Jerome Powell.

Trump, who has repeatedly called on the Fed to lower interest rates, said that the cost overruns are not a fireable offense.

“As a real estate developer, what would you do with a project manager who would be over budget?” one reporter asked Trump.

“Generally speaking? What would I do? I’d fire him,” Trump said.

Another reporter asked Trump if he believes the cost overruns give him “cause to do that.”

“Well, I’m here just really with the chairman. He’s showing us around, showing us the work, and so I don’t want to get that–I don’t want to be personal. I just would like to see it get finished

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