Musk says DOGE ‘should definitely’ investigate Federal Reserve after Post reports on $2.5B ‘Palace of Versailles’ HQ

[Swordsmyth]

Elon Musk said DOGE “should definitely” investigate after The Post’s exposé of the Fed’s $2.5 billion revamp of its Washington, DC, headquarters — a lavish project that the Tesla titan called an “eyebrow raiser.”


The Post exclusively reported earlier this week how the Fed’s top brass were pushing ahead with the pricey renovations despite mounting losses on its balance sheet, catching the eye of President Trump’s austerity axman-in-chief.


“Since at the end of the day, this is all taxpayer money, I think we certainly — we should definitely — look to see if indeed the Federal Reserve is spending two and a half billion dollars on their interior designer,” Musk told reporters at the White House late on Wednesday.

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https://nypost.com/2025/05/01/business/elon-musk-doge-should-definitely-investigate-federal-reservea-2-5b-hq-eyebrow-raiser/

Elon Musk vows to 'DOGE' Fed's $2.5B 'Palace of Versailles" HQ: 'wasting tax dollars'

Musk’s comments came after The Post exclusively reported the central bank was pushing ahead with the decadent revamp despite mounting losses.

nypost.com

 

[ClaytonB]

This will go the way of the Fort Knox audit. The Fed is an even more sacred cow than Fort Knox. I hope I'm wrong, but that's my prediction...

 

[Swordsmyth]

This will go the way of the Fort Knox audit. The Fed is an even more sacred cow than Fort Knox. I hope I'm wrong, but that's my prediction...

Don't write either one off just yet.

 

[acptulsa]

Don't write either one off just yet.

So you're waiting for your hopium to mature into copium?

 

[Anti Globalist]

The Federal Reserve is never going to be investigated for anything.

 

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[Swordsmyth]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he would like to see a top-to-bottom review of the Federal Reserve to ensure if it is doing a good job for the American people.

Mr. Bessent weighed in as President Trump slammed the central bank’s chair, Jerome H. Powell, for refusing to slash interest rates.

“What we need to do is examine the entire Federal Reserve institution and whether they have been successful,” Mr. Bessent said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Has the organization succeeded in its mission?”

The secretary suggested the Fed has made a series of “mistakes” by giving in to fear about Mr. Trump’s tariffs.

“All these Ph.D.s over there, I don’t know what they do. This is like universal basic income for academic economists,” Mr. Bessent said.

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/21/scott-bessent-wants-full-review-federal-reserve-operations/

Bessent wants a full review of the Federal Reserve operations

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he would like to see a top-to-bottom review of the Federal Reserve to ensure if it is doing a good job for the American people.

www.washingtontimes.com

 

[acptulsa]

Mr. Bessent weighed in as President Trump slammed the central bank’s chair, Jerome H. Powell, for refusing to slash interest rates.

So he's going to give them their palace -- at our expense, through devaluation of the currency we're forced by law to use -- if they make it easier for him to borrow and spend?

 

[Swordsmyth]

So he's going to give them their palace -- at our expense, through devaluation of the currency we're forced by law to use -- if they make it easier for him to borrow and spend?

No, he's not.

 

[acptulsa]

 

[acptulsa]

 

[acptulsa]

And that obnoxious bot @nikcers is trying to help them devalue it.

 

[nikcers]

And that obnoxious bot @nikcers is trying to help them devalue it.

The globalists have been trying to destroy our country for centurys and they are weaker for doing it too because we hit them back harder.

 

[acptulsa]

The globalists have been trying to destroy our country for centurys and they are weaker for doing it too because we hit them back harder.

The globalists are in Congress destroying the junk bond currency and building themselves palaces. And no, we aren't hitting them back at all, except for the good people of the Fourth District of Kentucky, and a select few other blessed constituencies.

And the globalists are creating bullshit bots like you to keep us dazed and confused while they impoverish us. Just in case they didn't tell you that you're a tool of the devil.

 

[nikcers]

The globalists are in Congress destroying the junk bond currency and building themselves palaces. And no, we aren't hitting them back at all, except for the good people of the Fourth District of Kentucky, and a select few other blessed constituencies.

And the globalists are creating bullshit bots like you to keep us dazed and confused while they impoverish us. Just in case they didn't tell you that you're a tool of the devil.

Of course we are hitting them back hard.

BRICS is getting fucked up.

The Russians are getting bombed daily. Their military is no longer a threat like it was.

Iran's nuclear program has been blown to hell. They are literally running out of water.

China's Belt and Road initiatives have been mostly canceled. We are getting them out of Panama.

Countries are no longer wanting to be dependent on supply chains coming from China and they are decentralizing supply chains.

The USA is getting 10s of trillions in investment so we are no longer deindustrializing.

Europe and NATO are paying for their own defense and Israel fought a war for the United States instead of the other way around.

The border is closed too we no longer are getting invaded and we are deporting the invaders.

This has been the best decade in my lifetime I wish my great grandpa was alive to see it.

 

[acptulsa]

Of course we are hitting them back hard.

BRICS is getting fucked up.

The Russians are getting bombed daily. Their military is no longer a threat like it was.

Iran's nuclear program has been blown to hell. They are literally running out of water.

China's Belt and Road initiatives have been mostly canceled. We are getting them out of Panama.

Countries are no longer wanting to be dependent on supply chains coming from China and they are decentalizing supply chains.

The USA is getting 10s of trillions in investment so we are no longer deindustrializing.

Europe and NATO are paying for their own defense and Israel fought a war for the United States instead of the other way around.

The border is closed too we no longer are getting invaded and we are deporting the invaders.

This has been the best decade in my lifetime I wish my great grandpa was alive to see it.

Bot, what you're saying, whether you have enough RAM to figure it out or not, is that when you say "the globalists" and when you say "we" you're talking about the exact same group.

 

[nikcers]

Bot, what you're saying, whether you have enough RAM to figure it out or not, is that when you say "the globalists" and when you say "we" you're talking about the exact same group.

No im not.

Globalists gave us open borders and outsourced everything and deindustrialized the USA.

The USA was the laughing stock of the world 10 years ago because of the globalists our country was moments away from death.

 

[acptulsa]

No im not.

You most certainly are. And the best decade of the lifetime of a yearling isn't all that funny a joke, AI bot.