Trump SCREWS GOP as He HOLDS Them FATALLY HOSTAGE!!!

Max from @UNFTR examines the cynical move to tie the new housing bill to the SAVE Act. Trump is essentially holding a bipartisan and popular effort to fix the housing supply crisis in the United States hostage to get a voter suppression bill passed in time for the midterms. It’s laughably transparent and incredibly troubling. Set against a slew of incredibly negative housing data released this week, the timing and optics couldn’t be worse. Sign up for the FREE weekly UNFTR newsletter https://www.unftr.com/newsletter EPISODE RESOURCES US Census Bureau - New Residential Construction, May 2026 https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/current/index.html Bloomberg - US New Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall as Mortgage Rates Stay High, June 24, 2026 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-24/us-new-home-sales-unexpectedly-fall-as-mortgage-rates-stay-high US Census Bureau - New Home Sales, May 2026 https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/current/index.html Freddie Mac - Primary Mortgage Market Survey, June 18, 2026 https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms Mortgage Bankers Association - Mortgage Delinquencies Increase in Q1 2026, May 2026 https://safeguardproperties.com/mortgage-delinquencies-increase-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026/ HUD - 2025 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR), Part 1 https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2025-AHAR-Part-1.pdf USAFacts / US Census Bureau - How Many Vacant Homes Are There in the US? https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-the-us/ Nature.com - The Growing Void in the U.S. Homeowners Insurance Market, April 2025 https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00231-8 New York Times - Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/24/us/trump-news#trump-housing-bill-voting-restriction UNFTR - Housing in America https://www.unftr.com/blog/housing-in-america Heritage Foundation / Congress.gov - Voter Fraud Tracking https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/108824/documents/HHRG-116-JU00-20190129-SD020.pdf Democrats of State - Insurrectionist Tracker https://demsofstate.org/insurrectionist-tracker/ NAHB - Section 232 Tariffs Impact on Home Prices, September 2025 https://www.nahb.org/blog/2025/09/section-232-tariffs News Bed by Premium Beat ID# GEEC7LPRJUTIUZRG Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch