'He is a selfish creature': Nancy Pelosi slams 'petulant' Donald Trump for not signing housing bill

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him a "petulant resident of the White House," for cancelling the signing of the bipartisan housing bill. Trump said that he would sign the bill only if the SAVE America Act was passed by both houses of Congress. Taking to X, Pelosi claimed that Trump was a "selfish creature" and that he did not care about Americans struggling to afford homes. She also predicted that Republicans who have enabled the President's behaviour would be voted out.

Pelosi had criticised the President about the same in an earlier post as well. "The President is refusing to sign it unless he gets to take over our elections," she wrote. "Donald Trump would rather see Americans living on the street than voting at the ballot box." Trump's decision to cancel the signing of the housing bill has led to growing criticism, especially from Democrats.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who co-led the Senate drafting process alongside Sen. Tim Scott, said that she thought it was a joke when she learned that the President had refused to sign the bipartisan legislation. The decision shocked Warren as Republicans were already "taking credit" for it. "When was the last time you saw a bill that could pass the Senate with huge margins? Democrats and Republicans passed the House with huge margins," she said.

During an interview at the White House, President Trump said that the best way to improve the housing affordability problem for Americans was to lower the interest rates, since he did not want to hurt the people who owned houses. Warren said that while she agreed that interest rates should come down, they had become high due to a number of the administration's policies, including tariffs, energy and healthcare policies, and the war in Iran.

"High interest rates are laid directly at Donald Trump's feet," she said. "He wants to bring them down? Then reverse the Donald Trump policies that are pushing up costs for families." As far as the rules go, if President Trump does not sign the bill within 10 days of receiving it, excluding Sundays, it automatically becomes law, given that Congress is in session at the time. However, the President also reserves the right to veto the bill.

Earlier, Trump had called the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act an "Elizabeth Pocahontas Warren-centric housing bill," which was not as important as lowering interest rates, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and the SAVE America Act on Truth Social. It is not just Democrats who hope that the housing bill will become law soon. Conservative Party USA member and congressman Nick Langworthy also hopes for the same.

"This housing bill is a priority of the White House. It is a priority of the members of Congress. It passed on a bipartisan level through both houses of Congress. And I hope it becomes law and becomes law very soon," he said. Langworthy also believes that the bill will go a long way for young families struggling to afford a home.