{"id":2437859,"date":"2025-05-22T09:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-muses-making-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-public\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:40:06","slug":"trump-muses-making-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-muses-making-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump muses making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-muses-making-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-public%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2437859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump has expressed interest in making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/run-from-the-hills-newsom-dismisses-californias-mass-business-exodus\/\" title=\"Run (From) The Hills: Newsom Dismisses California\u2019s Mass Business Exodus\">public companies<\/a>, emphasizing reforming these <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mortgage finance giants<\/a>, which manage a meaningful portion of U.S. mortgages. This idea represents Trump&#8217;s second attempt to privatize the companies, which have been under government conservatorship since the 2008 housing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Trump shared his intentions on social media, stating he would consult with various financial officials regarding this potential change. He noted the companies&#8217; profitability, indicating they are performing well financially. Fannie Mae reportedly earned over $29 billion in net revenue last year, while Freddie Mac generated $3.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Trump had previously directed the Department of Housing and Urban Development to consider a plan for this transition. Now, he is reconsidering the move, pointing out that the timing may be appropriate for such a significant decision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump muses making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2127089\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> teased the idea of making mortgage giants <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fannie-mae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fannie Mae<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/freddie-mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Freddie Mac<\/a> public since the two finance companies manage the majority of mortgages.<\/p>\n<p>This would be Trump&rsquo;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2105114\/trump-asks-agencies-for-plan-to-overhaul-fannie-and-freddie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" second effort\"> second effort<\/a> to transition the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/home-builders-have-trouble-selling-properties-as-mortgage-rates-rise-prices-stay-elevated\/\" title=\"Home Builders Have Trouble Selling Properties As Mortgage Rates Rise, Prices Stay Elevated\">government-sponsored enterprises<\/a> into public companies. The company was put under conservatorship after the 2008 housing crisis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3419268\/five-house-republicans-vote-no-one-big-beautiful-bill-passage\/\">The five House Republicans who didn&#8217;t vote for Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big, beautiful bill,&#8217; including one who fell asleep<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3418990\/biden-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-screening-guidelines-older-men\/\">Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-did-so-many-get-wrong-the-biden-decline-story-that-conservative-media-got-right-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Why did so many get wrong the ... that conservative media got right? - Washington Examiner\">prostate cancer diagnosis renews scrutiny<\/a> of screening guidelines for older men<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3419075\/why-did-so-many-get-wrong-conservative-media-got-right\/\">Why did so many get wrong the Biden decline story that conservative media got right?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In 2019, Trump penned a memo to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to draft a plan on how it could happen. The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/trump-allies-are-working-on-plans-to-privatize-fannie-and-freddie-a9c4e5ff?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported that renewed efforts<\/a> have been under consideration since last year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am giving very serious consideration to bringing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public,&rdquo; Trump posted Wednesday on Truth Social. &ldquo;I will be speaking with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, William Pulte, among others, and will be making a decision in the near future. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are doing very well, throwing off a lot of CASH, and the time would seem to be right. Stay tuned!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114548257487682819\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Pulte, an online philanthropist and investor, is the grandson of William J.&nbsp;Pulte, the founder of&nbsp;Pulte&nbsp;Homes, which is the third-largest homebuilder in the United States, having built <a href=\"https:\/\/pultegroupinc.com\/about\/overview\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"over 800,000 homes\">over 800,000 homes<\/a> from 1950 to today. Both Pulte and Lutnick reshared Trump&rsquo;s message on their respective X accounts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3384295\/gsa-hud-headquarters-for-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GSA PUTS HUD HEADQUARTERS UP FOR SALE IN PART OF ADMINISTRATION&rsquo;S PUSH TO DOWNSIZE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Fannie Mae raked in over $29 billion in net revenues, which was only a slight increase from 2023. The company manages over 1.5 million mortgages, refinances, and rental units according to its latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanniemae.com\/media\/54821\/display\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"financial release\">financial release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Mac made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/investors\/financials\/pdf\/2024er-4q24_release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">$3.2 billion<\/a> in net revenues last year with its 539,000 homes and rental units financed. Revenues have been on the rise for the company since the first quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2127089\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2127089\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump considers making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2437860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/a37aea95c19f19fdd18ed475378b33fd-1024x340.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[55708,41259,55709,55710,3634],"class_list":["post-2437859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fannie-mae","tag-financial-policy","tag-freddie-mac","tag-public-offerings","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/a37aea95c19f19fdd18ed475378b33fd-1024x340.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437859"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437863,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437859\/revisions\/2437863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}