David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to Barack Obama during his presidency, linked President Donald Trump’s complaints about renovations at the Federal Reserve to a “big political problem” the GOP will face in next year’s midterms.
Axelrod — while referring to Trump renewing his threat to sue Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for “gross incompetence” over the renovations on Monday — knocked the president’s “obsession” with such issues.
He pointed to how the president took to social media last week to tease marble armrests for seating at the newly-Trump-branded Kennedy Center.
“People are saying to themselves, ‘What the hell does that have to do with me? I thought he was going to be fighting for me to bring my costs down?’” Axelrod said.
Axelrod also cited Trump showing off a marbleized floor following renovations of the White House’s Palm Room earlier this year.
