Trump Says US Still Weighing Share Sale for Fannie, Freddie

President Donald Trump said his administration is still considering a public offering of shares in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, days after he said he was appointing his top housing official to oversee the government’s network of intelligence agencies.

Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, was asked if the long-simmering question of an sale of shares for Fannie and Freddie was off the table with Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte picked to serve temporarily as acting director of national intelligence.

“No, it’s not,” he said of the proposed offering for Federal National ...