Posted 19 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownPeople Are Losing It Over Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Facial Expressions During This Awkward Trump InterviewThis feels like an improv skit.by Matt StoperaBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Politics Donald Trump visited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Fed's headquarters renovation site on Thursday. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images In case you haven't been following the (reality) show, Trump has been VERY upset with the Fed Chair for not lowering interest rates. He won't stop talking about firing him. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images So, needless to say, tensions were a bit high! Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images At the construction site, Trump took out a piece of paper claiming the cost of the Federal Reserve's renovation project had surged to $3.1 billion, compared with the Fed's official figure of $2.5 billion. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things PoliticsSee our Politics Discussions Powell called him out on it, and that awkward interaction and live fact-check is going viral:Remarkable moment between Trump and Powell. pic.twitter.com/f8LcNoxObE- Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 24, 2025 CNN/kaitlancollins/Twitter: @kaitlancollins "It's about $3.1 billion now - it went up a little bit, or maybe a lot. It was $2.7 billion, and now it's $3.1," Trump said. "I'm not aware of that," Powell replied. "It just came out," Trump responded. "I haven't heard that from anyone at the Fed," Powell added. CNN Then Trump takes out a piece of paper, Powell grabs it, and starts reading it. CNN "Are you including the Martin renovation? You just added in a third building," Powell says. Trump replies, "It's a building that's being built." Then Powell clarifies, "It was built five years ago. We finished Martin five years ago." CNN Then Trump changes the subject and starts talking about how nice it is to take the helmets off. CNN Yeah, that was awk! CNN Their exchange is everywhere. RonFilipkowski/x.com People can't believe it's real... even though crazy shit like this happens all of the time lately. blondesnmoney/x.com It's being called a "comedy skit." CNN/TradingThomas3/x.com And everyone won't stop talking about Powell's facial expressions. x.com Other people are celebrating Powell for actually saying something to Trump's face. SarahLarchmont/x.com "Jerome Powell did more to fact check trump's lies in 60 seconds than the entire White House press corp did in 6 months." covie_93/x.com And then there are the memes, because of course: picotop/x.com CountryFirstRep/x.com RepSwalwell/x.com GovPressOffice/x.com magills_/x.com And lastly: LongOnlyLarry/x.com Just another day in the Trump White House, I guess!! Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images