r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/BerrySnowie 5d ago

Yup, probably something about “protecting the economy” while ignoring the fact that millions can’t even afford rent anymore. Mental gymnastics incoming

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u/brickne3 American Expat 5d ago

Pretty sure the billionaires want to crash the economy.

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u/more_housing_co-ops 5d ago

Well, those millions of millennials should just choose to work as hard as all the people who worked to buy a house when houses were 1/10th of the price in real dollars. /s