Subject: does he really flip flop here? i can't tell
From: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>
To: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 16:04:50 -0700

Yesterday: Trump said, "I'm a Low-Interest Rate Person"
WSJ:  And you've talked about replacing Yellen.  Who - what kind of person would you replace her with?
MR. TRUMP:  Well, I am a low-interest rate person.  But, obviously, if inflation rears its ugly head, you can no longer - you know, you have to do something about that.  And, one of the things you're doing about that is raising interest rates is slowing things down. [Wall Street Journal, 5/10/16<http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/05/10/highlights-of-donald-trumps-interview-on-taxes-debt-and-the-fed/>]

Trump - as recently as three weeks ago - said low interest rates were hurting middle class workers and someone who "loves our country" would raise them

Trump On Raising Interest Rates: "As Somebody That Loves Our Country, You're Going To Have To Start Raising Them." WALLACE: "Finally, the Federal Reserve meets this week. Should they raise interest rates and what do you think of Fed Chairman Janet Yellen?" TRUMP: "Well, she's always been known as very low interest, and as a developer, I like low interest rates. As somebody that loves our country, you're going to have to start raising them. She should start raising them a little bit at least." [Fox News Sunday, Fox News, 12/13/15]

Trump: "We Have Interest Rates That Are So Low That If You Are Rich -- Like Me, I Can Borrow Money For Any Amount. If You Are Hard-Working Guy With A Great Farm Or Hard-Working Developer Or Businessman, You Cannot Borrow Money." TRUMP: "We have interest rates that are so low that if you are rich -- like me, I can borrow money for any amount. If you are hard-working guy with a great farm or hard-working developer or businessman, you cannot borrow money. Think of how bad that is. You can borrow money for nothing practically if you are rich. But if you are rich, you don't need the money. If you are a business person and want to get a loan, you cannot get it. The regulators are running the bank. Dodd-Frank has been a disaster." [Trump Town Hall, Janesville WI, 3/29/16]

Trump: "The Problem With Low Interest Rates Is That It's Unfair That People Who've Saved Every Penny, Paid Off Mortgages, And Everything They Were Supposed To Do And They Were Going To Retire With Their Beautiful Nest Egg And Now They're Getting One-Eighth Of 1%."  "Trump did acknowledge that he thought we need to reduce our debt, but it was one of a number of things he thinks we need to do. 'The problem with low interest rates is that it's unfair that people who've saved every penny, paid off mortgages, and everything they were supposed to do and they were going to retire with their beautiful nest egg and now they're getting one-eighth of 1%,' says Trump. 'I think that's unfair to those people.'" [Fortune, 4/19/16<http://fortune.com/2016/04/19/donald-trump-yellen-fed-debt/>]