George Conway: White House officials say the boss is really stupid and you have to watch what you say to him

[highplainsdem]

White House officials say the boss is really stupid and you have to watch what you say to him

— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-11-11T13:46:12.756Z

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/10/trumps-50-year-mortgage-plan-is-getting-panned-allies-blame-this-man-00645654

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On Saturday evening, Pulte arrived at President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach Golf Club with a roughly 3-by-5 posterboard in hand. A graphic of former President Franklin Roosevelt appeared below “30-year mortgage” and one of Trump below “50-year mortgage.” The headline was “Great American Presidents.”

Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social, according to one of the people familiar, who was with the president at the time.

Almost immediately, aides were fielding angry phone calls from those who thought the idea – which would endorse a 50 year payback period for a mortgage – was both bad politics and bad policy, a move that could raise housing costs in the long run, the person said.

“He just sold POTUS a bill of goods that wasn’t necessarily accurate,” the person said. “He said ‘FDR did it, you can do it, it’s gonna be a big thing.’ But he didn’t tell him about all the unintended consequences.”

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[Joinfortmill]

1. Ya think?

[biophile]

2. No kidding

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Posted it to truth social 10 minutes after he saw it

Sounds like what gossipy teenagers do.

[tanyev]

6. "Watch, I'll get so many views and comments on this!"

[Harker]

13. The stupidest ideas always have a home with Trumpsky.

He wasn't "sold a bill of goods"... He snatched it and held it up for all to see.

[Historic NY]

4. A house you'll never own

[highplainsdem]

7. The interview that aired last night showed Trump thinks the current standard mortgage is 40 years.

He's a dunce.

[IbogaProject]

20. He likely conflated a statistic

Maybe that is the average or median time a purchased home has remained under mortgage. An artifact of how high rates were in the 80s colliding with a declining stagnant middle class. Many people may have refinanced and extended their mortgage durations.

[pandr32]

12. ...and will be on the dole for all maintenance and repairs.

[Norrrm]

5. You can get many things from Trump with a lot of cash or some cheap praise.

[Lovie777]

8. That made me chuckle................

but in reality it's dangerous.

[newdeal2]

9. I thought he was a great real estate developer

Shouldn’t he be familiar with how mortgages work.

[riversedge]

10. ..Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social,.....

Damn!!


..............Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social, according to one of the people familiar, who was with the president at the time.

.........“He just sold POTUS a bill of goods that wasn’t necessarily accurate,” the person said. “He said ‘FDR did it, you can do it, it’s gonna be a big thing.’ But he didn’t tell him about all the unintended consequences.” ...................

[AZ8theist]

11. So sad.....

[mwmisses4289]

14. Where does this get filed? Under "Duh",

"Gee, ya think?", "No shit, Sherlock?", or "Thank you, Captain Obvious"?

[angrychair]

15. This guy is very dangerous

The 50 year mortgage idea is stunningly incompetent and literally no one would take it seriously as a means for home ownership.

What will keep you up at night is the ideas that are much more dangerous and we don't know about...yet.

[Wednesdays]

19. Why stop at 50 years?

Make it a 100 year mortgage, one that your great-grandchildren will be paying for!

[YepYep]

16. If I were a young man

I couldn’t afford a 50 year mortgage. If I wait til I am in my late 20s or early 30s and by some great miracle I could afford it, I would be in my 80s. Of course I would still be working because Social Security would be long gone. Now if I do live long enough to pay it off, would I be in the Barron Trump Dynasty or the Adolph Miller one?

[YepYep]

18. Edit

I would be in my 80s when I paid it off. Or a lot earlier if I was a congressman.

[Diamond_Dog]

21. Don't forget your never ending student loan payment

10 year car payment, forever health insurance payments, etc. etc. It’s like you’ll never get out of debt.

[MLWR]

17. I guess those WH officials weren't paying attention

ten years ago when his first Sec. of State Rex Tillerson told all of us that he's a "fucking moron."