After Pershing Square's Bill Ackman was interviewed and commented, Fannie Mae's stock price rose 18% for a while, and Freddie Mac rose by up to 20%. Ackman said, “It is absolutely politically important for Trump to lift the trusteeship for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the end of his term.” “We have proposed a very straightforward plan to do this more efficiently,” he said.

After Pershing Square's Bill Ackman was interviewed and commented, Fannie Mae's stock price rose 18% for a while, and Freddie Mac rose by up to 20%. Ackman said, “The lifting of trusteeship for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the end of Trump's term is absolutely politically important.” “We have proposed a very straightforward plan to do this more efficiently,” he said.