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Donald Trump: “It looks like it's about 3.1 billion. Went up a little bit…”

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Donald Trump and Jerome Powell Discuss Construction Overruns and Economic Deals

Published | Video Starts at 01:45

Indeed. One of the reasons why I wanted to see it was the overruns of the expenses. Wanted to figure out why. So we're taking a look and It looks like it's about 3.1 billion. Went up a little bit or a lot. So the 2.7 is now 3.1. I'm not aware of that. Yeah, it just came out. Yeah, I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. Our notes added about 3.1 as well. 3.1, 3.2. (01:45–01:54)

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Asserts that the construction cost increased from $2.7 billion to $3.1 billion.

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