James Blair

Leaving this here for posterity.

.@SecScottBessent: "What we need to do is examine the entire Federal Reserve institution and whether they have been successful... All of these Ph.D.s over there, I don't know what they do... This is like Universal Basic Income for academic economists."

Instead of granting us our site visit, the Fed today released a “virtual site visit” video. What do they not want us to see? Fed Defends Renovations as Trump Administration Intensifies Attacks - The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…

This dude accidentally put his corn in a perfect spot… and it’s beautiful

Nobody does it like this

Too Late’s Taj Mahal is inviting more scrutiny on the Fed than ever before. The Board of Governors should step up!

Blaming Trump appointees for the marble looks like a failed attempt at narrative shift by some 2nd rate PR firm hired by Powell. Too Late just testified in front of Senate Banking on June 25th that No New Marble was used. Again we must ask, did he lie to Congress?

What does a 30% cost overrun on a renovation project say about Jerome Powell’s ability to manage monetary policy? He was Too Late to catch cost overruns on his construction project just like he was Too Late to tame inflation and now he’s Too Late to cut the rates!

Why is the Federal Reserve’s HQ renovation costing more than twice the amount per square foot of any other historic building renovation? $2.5B and counting! 25% more than U.S. Capitol cost to construct - a building that has 5x the sq ft and houses 5x the staff!

📺 WATCH: My full interview on Kudlow about the much needed accountability at the Fed. Did Jerome Powell lie to Congress?

Deputy Chief of Staff @JamesBlair47 on the Fed's massive $2.5B "renovation": "We want a site visit... They should show us all the revisions, and they should just let us see what's going on—and whether or not what the chair said in front of the Senate Banking Committee is true."

WH Deputy Chief of Staff @JamesBlairUSA slams Fed Chair Jerome Powell over massive cost overruns at the Fed’s HQ: "If you can’t figure out a 30 % cost overrun in a timely manner, what does that say about your management of the global economy—as a result of managing the American…

I am now in receipt of all documents & plans submitted by the Federal Reserve to the National Capital Planning Commission. No updates have been submitted since 2021. Today I will submit to the Fed my formal request for all plan revisions and changes since.

Oh?

President Trump—we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts.

Taj Mahal on the National Mall

The cost is in excess of $1,900 per square feet, more than twice the typical cost to renovate a historic federal building. That cost is going somewhere!