Posted on 09/10/2025 3:47:00 AM PDT by RandFan
Republicans on Capitol Hill are privately expressing growing discontent with a top Trump administration housing official who has thrust himself to the center of the president’s campaign against the Federal Reserve.
Bill Pulte has parlayed a niche regulatory job — director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency — into celebrity status within President Donald Trump’s orbit by becoming one of his most vociferous social media attack dogs. But his antics are aggravating some more establishment figures around Trump — most notably Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who threatened to punch Pulte in the face at a private dinner last week in Washington.
Now, some Republican lawmakers are privately celebrating Bessent’s move to stand up to him.
“I think he’s a nut,” one House Republican said of Pulte. (Like others in this story, the lawmaker was granted anonymity to speak candidly about sensitive dynamics within the Trump administration.)
“The guy’s just a little too big for his britches,” said a second GOP lawmaker, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees housing policy and the FHFA. “I’ve got great respect for Bessent for taking him on.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I can’t find “Housing Authority” in the Constitution.
Personality conflict of Hi agency and Hi ego individuals.
Other than that rino republicans taking advantage of the personality conflict to weaken trump and politico using it to push the narrative.
Funny we never saw any stories like this when a democrat was in office, the media always buried them. Also, the story is likely played up a bit more than what the actual events were.
i think all of them are a bit “too big for their britches” in D C.
wow good analysis. You’re sharp for this time “!
Deep State is pi$$ed.
SSDD.
Is Pulte from the Pulte family who build homes?
Trump has someone effective and politicians with multiple primary residencies want Trump to disarm himself. Nothing surprising. Repukes in Congress only want the appearance of action so when actual action happens they get nervous.
Pulte unearthed the Lisa Cook mortgage loan fraud scandal that has gotten a lot of attention and had taken a hard line on calling for Powell to resign.
He rustled some bankster feathers, including Bessent’s apparently.
BUULCRAP !!! WHOEVER Said this is a mortgage FRAUDSTER!!
It’s right next to free wi fi. /s
Musk took on Bessent and lost. Bessent is a Soros stooge.
I suspect pulte will lose the battle.
Yes. And as a former home builder, I am not a fan. Pulte Homes were spec homes, built cheap and fast and grossly overpriced. Quantity over quality. Clear a few hundred acres, slam 'em in the ground, somebody will buy them eventually. 300... 400 3-bedroom ranches in a neighborhood, 6 bossmen all wanting their share done before the other guy's houses. Close 10 to 12 per month, contractors can't keep up, find more. A lesson on how to piss off your best contractors (and inspectors for that matter). Very cutthroat. The big box store of homes.
This is why it is so important to include the source of the article in the main heading: you see “Politico” and that tells you that its worthless garbage and saves you the wasted time to click, read and verify that its bullcrap.
Thanks FR!
ROFL
They do have a pretty website but I do agree about the articles sometimes
Oh interesting thanks for that not been following
Yes, Politico is one of the more hack media. They story referenced no sources except un-named ones except Scott Bessent, which was a story all over the place. They never miss an opportunity to produce a negative push story.
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