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Trump Kills the Housing Bill to Demand the SAVE Act
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Jon Favreau lays out the facts: a bipartisan housing bill that would reduce building barriers and limit big investors' purchases of single-family homes was moments from being signed when Trump blew it up via Truth Social, demanding the SAVE Act — which requires passports or birth certificates to register to vote — first. [1] — Jon Favreau "Minutes before a bipartisan housing affordability bill signing, Trump canceled it and demanded Congress pass the SAVE Act first. The SAVE A…" 03:30 The hosts play Trump's Oval Office justification, in which he explains he made billions in housing and knows it's really about interest rates, not supply. Dan Pfeiffer calls the decision simply 'crazy,' painting the picture of a vulnerable Republican congressman who woke up expecting to claim a bipartisan win and instead got a surreal demand for a bill that has failed the Senate five times and would disproportionately harm the working-class voters that now form the GOP's core. The SAVE Act would also effectively end online and automatic voter registration. Pfeiffer notes the deepest irony: the thing Trump wants most is the one thing his own party can't give him, and it's driving him 'even more bananas than usual.' Jon flags reporting that Trump told advisers directly: 'no one gives a shit about housing,' while the SAVE Act slogan gets crowds on their feet at rallies.
A majority of Americans do not have passports, and those without them are disproportionately working class and non-college educated — the core of Trump's base.
After canceling the housing bill signing, Trump attended a Senate lunch where he berated Republicans over Iran and got into a shouting match with Bill Cassidy, calling him a lunatic. Cassidy refused to sit down, called Trump 'brother,' and Trump told him he wasn't his brother. Senator John Kennedy later said the meeting was a success because no one got stabbed.
