The long-simmering clash between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was on full public display during a Thursday afternoon tour of the renovation site at the central bank’s headquarters in Washington,

After months of criticizing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, President Donald Trump took the fight to the Fed’s front door on Thursday, publicly scorning the central bank chief over the ballooning costs of a long-planned building project.

President Trump said Friday that he believes Fed Chair Jerome Powell is ready to start slashing interest rates. Trump, who for months has hammered Powell for being slow to cut rates, toured the Fed’s controversial $2.