What started as a high-stakes visit to the Federal Reserve on Thursday quickly turned into a spectacle for an entirely different reason. President Donald Trump’s long-rumored hairline finally made a quiet but unmistakable appearance.
While walking through the construction site of the Fed’s Washington D.C. headquarters with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Trump removed his hard hat. And that’s when it happened! The wind did what years of speculation couldn’t. It shifted his iconic comb-over just enough to reveal a visibly receding hairline, igniting fresh debate about whether the President’s notorious hairstyle is natural or, as many have suspected, a well-crafted illusion.
To be clear, the photos don’t confirm if Trump wears a toupee, but they certainly show one thing: the man’s hair is thinning, and fast.
trump reportedly spends $70,000 a year on hairstyling and spends two hours a day getting “made up” every morning. These are the results… pic.twitter.com/Pgfwd58VIS
— Kenny BooYah! 🖖🏾 (@KwikWarren) September 28, 2020
But the hair wasn’t supposed to be the headline. Trump had come to the Fed to stir up pressure on Powell over what he claimed were skyrocketing renovation costs at the central bank’s headquarters. With cameras rolling and tension thick, Trump declared the Fed’s remodeling project had ballooned to $3.1 billion. Powell, standing directly beside him, wasn’t having it.
The Irish Star reports, shaking his head slightly, Powell corrected the president on the spot. He pointed out that Trump’s numbers included the cost of an entirely different project, the renovation of the Martin Building, which wrapped up five years ago. Trump brushed off the detail, insisting that taxpayers deserved transparency and lower costs. It was a rare moment of public pushback between a sitting president and a Fed chair, made even more surreal by the hard hats and the brewing hair-related distraction.
“We have to get the interest rates down,” Trump said bluntly during a solo moment in front of the press, after parting ways with Powell. “People are pretty much unable to buy houses.”
His comments were the latest in a series of public jabs at the Fed, urging it to slash interest rates to stimulate growth and reduce government borrowing. Despite Trump’s pressure campaign, most economists, and the Fed itself, are signaling that no major policy changes are coming just yet. The central bank’s next meeting is set for next week, and officials are expected to hold rates steady at 4.3%. However, whispers on Wall Street suggest cuts might start as soon as September.
Interestingly, Trump seemed to dial down the drama when it came to Powell’s future. Asked if the supposed renovation overages were grounds for dismissal, Trump walked it back: “I don’t want to put this in that category,” he said. “To do that is a big move, and I don’t think that’s necessary. I just want to see one thing happen, very simple: interest rates come down.”
Trump went there to intimidate Jerome Powell with numbers the latter wasn’t aware of. Powell isn’t going to lick his boots if that’s what the Orange Turd expected. pic.twitter.com/wk65dCKnme
— Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🇨🇦🟧🌊🌈 (@piyushmittal) July 24, 2025
Reporters had been allowed a sneak peek of the Fed’s under-construction offices before Trump’s arrival. Known for his love of over-the-top decor in his real estate ventures, think gold-leaf elevators and Versailles-style lobbies, Trump didn’t comment much on the building’s aesthetic.
But one thing was clear: while he came to critique the Fed, the internet couldn’t stop talking about the other reveal, the one under the hard hat.
