President Donald Trump will join a tour of the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, on Thursday afternoon, a sharp escalation in his pressure campaign on the body’s chairman Jerome Powell over the central bank’s renovation project and interest-rate policy.

The president has lambasted the U.S. central bank chief repeatedly for not cutting interest rates more aggressively, musing publicly about firing him.

Despite calling for interest rate cuts and criticizing the Federal Reserve' costly renovation, President Trump said it's "unlikely" he would fire chair Jerome Powell.