A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted beside property for sale in Alhambra, California.
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In a SHOCKING power grab that threatens to RE-WRITE America’s economic rulebook, former President Donald Trump has just UNLEASHED a $200 BILLION market intervention that sent mortgage rates into a tailspin. Critics are SCREAMING that this move, announced via a single Truth Social post, exposes a DANGEROUS new reality: the housing market is now a POLITICAL PUPPET, jerked around by presidential whims and unchecked, off-the-cuff commands.
The immediate effect was a PLUNGE in the average 30-year mortgage rate, but the long-term implications are FAR MORE TERRIFYING. By DIRECTLY ordering the government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie and Freddie to vacuum up $200 billion in mortgage bonds, Trump has bypassed the independent Federal Reserve and weaponized housing policy. This isn’t just policy—this is a PRECEDENT-SHATTERING economic STUNT that puts the ENTIRE financial system on notice.
What’s the REAL cost? While desperate homebuyers might see a fleeting $100 shaved off a monthly payment, analysts warn this “solution” is a HOLLOW TRICK that does NOTHING to address the core crisis. Home prices remain NEAR 50% HIGHER than pre-pandemic levels—a bubble INFLATED by the very same kind of market manipulation Trump is now repeating. The “help” is an ILLUSION, a sugar rush for Wall Street that leaves Main Street with the same UNATTAINABLE American Dream. Expert Ivy Zelman delivered the BRUTAL TRUTH: “People still can’t qualify at 4.99%… there’s more work to be done.” This move props up builder stocks and Wall Street profits while abandoning a generation priced out of homeownership.
This reckless gamble reveals a chilling future where economic stability is SACRIFICED for political theater and viral headlines. Is this the new normal—where your mortgage rate hangs on the next presidential POST? The foundations of the market are no longer built on rock, but on SAND. One man’s social media feed now holds the keys to your castle, and the lock is broken.




