Trump Says He Wants to Give Leftover $300 Billion to Taxpayers
- Money is ‘sitting’ in a pandemic relief program, he says
- President urges Congress to put funds toward new stimulus
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on Sept. 4.
Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump said Congress should authorize sending taxpayers checks from about $300 billion left over in a pandemic lending program.
“We have $300 billion sitting in an account that we didn’t need,” Trump said at a news conference on Friday. “It would be a very appropriate thing to release that to the American people and I am willing to do it.”