I don’t think that structure, that drive towards efficiency and structure is something that interests him. And the way things bubble up to him is more associative and precise than it would have been at another time? I don’t think there are many questions that make it to Trump that Trump doesn’t think are easy to answer. Bill Pulte, who runs the Federal Housing Finance organization, I don’t know the proper name for it, will come into the Oval Office with posterboards. I don’t think Trump has the same level of understanding of the Big Beautiful Bill.

Source: New York Times February 21, 2026 12:41 UTC