Republican nominee plays to the crowd, touches on housing and homebuilding
By Ben Lane | Housingwire
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke Thursday to the National Association of Home Builders, and in a wide-ranging speech that touched on the Iraq War, the current political climate in the Middle East, and much more, Trump doubled down on his claim that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and President Obama are the “founders of ISIS,” and even managed to mix in some housing talk as well.
Speaking before the mid-year meeting of the NAHB, Trump began his speech by telling the homebuilders that “home building is close to my heart,” and told a story about his father, who “built houses and did it beautifully,” adding that the story wasn’t meant to be in his speech.
