"We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home." Trump then circled back to his plan to increase housing costs: "There's so much talk about, 'Oh, we're gonna drive housing prices down.' I don't wanna drive housing prices down, I wanna drive housing prices up for people that own their homes, and they can be assured that's what's gonna happen." The following day, Trump made another post about affordability, this time including an explicit promise to bring down housing costs. Trump's rhetoric on housing wasn't the only notable part of Thursday's Cabinet meeting.