President Trump wants to reopen the country, get
people back to work and get the U.S. economy going again, but he knows some
people are scared about the impact of the coronavirus.
"If you are scared, you are going to stay
back a little bit. If you are 60, we have to protect those people and maybe
they stay back longer," said Trump. "I think you can have it
both ways. A lot of people want to go back. You see demonstrations all over the
country and those are meaningful demonstrations. You also have people who
are very scared."
The president covered
that along with issues including stimulus measures, coronavirus vaccines and
small business challenges during a FOX
News Town Hall on Sunday hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
"There are other
people scared about being locked in a room and losing their job and not having
any income These are people who want to get back to working and make a
living and they are afraid their job isn't going to be there and if you keep it
going too long that is going to happen." added Trump.
On the subject of stimulus, Trump says you can
expect more.
"There is more help coming and we have to do
more on that aspect, it is very bipartisan."
The president tried to reassure one viewer who
worried about whether her job will be there. "You're going to have your
jobs, you're going to get a better job and you'll get a job where you'll make
more money."
"The president has been very clear, keeping
Americans at work, putting them back to work, protecting American business was
our number one priority in an unprecedented way," said Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin. "We now have three trillion dollars that we're putting
into the economy. "That's just beginning. So for those Americans who
haven't received their money yet, they will over the next few weeks."
"Last week alone, we did two point one
million of small business loans averaging eighty five thousand dollars or less.
We've already sent an enormous number over one hundred and twenty million
direct deposits and checks," added Mnuchin. "And in the next round,
we will go back and work with Congress just as we have before, to make sure we
protect American business. American workers and to stimulate the economy going
forward."
Trump said the country had to be shutdown,
but it will rebound.
I think we are going to
have an incredible following year. "We're going to go into a transition in
the third quarter and we are going to see things happening that look
good," said Trump. "We did the right thing, I think we saved millions
of lives, but now we have to get it back open."
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