Daily Caller WH Correspondent Reports Admin ‘Revolting’ Against Official Who Pushed 50-Year Mortgage

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable on criminal cartels in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese reported on Thursday that “allies” of President Donald Trump are “revolting” over Trump being talked into a 50-year mortgage plan that hasn’t been properly “vetted.”

A source familiar with the ongoing situation told Daily Caller that there has been “annoyance” in Trump’s inner circle over the mortgage plan presented to the president by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.

Politico previously reported, citing two people familiar with the situation, that Trump allies believe the president was “sold a bag of goods” on 50-year mortgages. According to their report, Plute sold Trump on his plan with a posterboard that included an image of President Teddy Roosevelt and the words “30-year mortgage.” Below Trump’s image, it reportedly said “50-year mortgage” and the headline read: “Great American Presidents.”

“The thing that became clear from this latest episode — if it wasn’t already clear — is that Bill Pulte doesn’t know the first f**king thing about how the mortgage markets operate,” an unnamed source told Politico.

Daily Caller’s source chalked up much of the frustration to people feeling Plute jumped too quickly on pitching his plan.

“The annoyance stems from the fact that the White House feels he jumped the gun and went forward with something that hadn’t been fully discussed, the source told the Caller,” Reese reported.

“Thanks to President Trump, we are indeed working on The 50-year Mortgage – a complete game changer,” Pulte posted to X.

The plan has been met with bipartisan backlash, with Republicans arguing that 50-year mortgages likely mean many people would never actually own their homes in their lifetimes.

Trump himself said 50-year mortgages are not a “big factor,” arguing they would help lower monthly payments and get more younger people into the home-buying market.

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