Better than anyone · Second term · № 58
Knows more about housing 'than anybody in history'
“I know more about low-income housing than luxury housing. I know about everything real estate.”
- Said
- , News conference announcing federal deployment in Washington, D.C.
- Subject
- low-income housing
- Topic
- Economy & prices
- Era
- Second term
What the record showed
Repeats: August 22, 2025 ('I know more about low-income housing than probably almost anybody'); January 29, 2026 Cabinet meeting ('I built a lot of low-income housing. I made a lot of money building low-income housing. I know more about it than anybody'), where he said he would not let a proposed low-income project in the Pacific Palisades proceed and called interest rates 'the biggest factor' for housing; and May 22, 2026 in Suffern, New York ('I know more about housing than anybody in history'). As of September 2026 inflation stood at 3.4 percent and the Fed was expected to raise rates.
Sources
- The President's News Conference (August 11, 2025)
- Remarks Announcing the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw Location and an Exchange With Reporters
- Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting (January 29, 2026)
- Remarks on the National Economy in Suffern, New York
- Trump and the Federal Reserve are on a collision course over interest rates