Sahil Kapur

And this is a way to try to combat that.

And the other thing it does is that it prevents Wall Street, so investors, private equity, from buying up lots of single-family homes and increasing the price.

This thing has a long way to go before it gets to the president's desk.

But suffice it to say, it comes down to Trump in terms of what he wants and how badly he wants this version or that version or whatever in terms of pressuring House Republicans.

What we are told by one lawmaker with knowledge of this is that Speaker Johnson told Republican leaders at their annual retreat that Trump wants the Save America Act as his top priority and that Johnson told members, Trump privately emphasized to Johnson that the Save America Act is so important.

And he said...

The president said, quote, no one gives a bleep about housing, end quote.

That is Trump talking to Johnson, according to a lawmaker who was there.

Now, we reached out to the White House who denied that the president is unfocused on housing affordability and that he does want action on this issue.

If you talk to independents and swing voters and some of the voters who flipped from Democrat to Republican in 2024 because they were worried about the economy and costs, housing affordability is a much bigger issue to them than election laws.

That would be a rare opportunity.

achievement that Republicans could take back to their constituents and say, we did something on housing affordability and something on lowering costs in general, which they have really, really struggled with.

It was a very triumphant speech by President Trump, a very triumphant State of the Union.

He was touting his policies.

He was celebrating the economy.

He was somewhat braggadocious about his immigration crackdown.

Those were the two issues, the economy and immigration, that sent him back to the White House.

What's notable here is that the mood of the country has soured on his handling of both the economy and on the issue of immigration recently.

The Democrats were, in some cases, they were non-reactive.

They were motionless.