Overview
- In an Oval Office sit-down, Ingraham pressed the president on voter anxiety about affordability, prompting his claim that polls are fake and that the economy is the best ever.
- Ingraham highlighted a MAGA backlash to an FHFA-linked 50‑year mortgage concept, correcting Trump after he said the shift was from 40 to 50 years rather than 30 to 50.
- Trump downplayed the mortgage idea as a minor change while deflecting blame for high rates, a stance that drew further skepticism from the Fox host.
- On foreign students, including a figure of up to 600,000 from China, Trump argued colleges rely on that revenue, while Ingraham noted many MAGA supporters oppose the plan.
- Asked how he would fund a proposed $10,000 shutdown bonus for air traffic controllers, Trump said he did not know the source of the money, as clips of the exchange spread widely online.