The recent suggestion by President Donald Trump that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgage bonds in order to lower the cost of home loans is unlikely to help average Americans struggling to afford homeownership and may be harmful to financial markets, many observers say. On Jan. 8, Trump said on Truth Social that he was directing his “representatives” to buy "$200 BILLION DOLLARS IN MORTGAGE BONDS,” seemingly referring to Fannie and Freddie. Shortly after, Bill Pulte, the Trump appointee who oversees th ...