“Many geniuses” are working to end government control of Fannie and Freddie, Trump says

President Donald Trump spoke about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for two minutes near the end of a one-hour speech at the National Association of Realtors convention in Washington on Friday. In addition to HousingWire’s story on Trump’s speech, here are the president’s complete and unedited comments on housing-finance reform. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are guarantors of about $5 trillion in U.S. home mortgages.