These payments were illegal...stolen money from investors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and should never have been used in the first pace. The fact that Trump stopped what was called a "net asset sweep" was upholding the law. The proceeds of the net asset sweep were funds that should have been used to pay Fannie and Freddie investors dividends. You know, institutional investors that largely pay out fixed income streams to the elderly and pension plans? Crying about stopping them ignores the illegality of the entire ObamaCare bill in the first place