Donald Trump downplays 50-year mortgage idea, says it isn't a 'big deal' after criticism

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( NewsNation ) — President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about a 50-year mortgage in an interview that aired Monday, saying the idea is “not even a big deal.”

“All it means is you pay less per month, you pay it over a longer period of time,” Trump told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham. “It’s not like a big factor — it might help a little bit.”

Trump’s comments come two days after he touted a 50-year mortgage in a Truth Social post. Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, later confirmed the administration was working on it, calling the idea “a complete game changer.”

Pulte framed the 50-year mortgage a