Democratic congressional leaders and the white house failed to reach an agreement on friday, so President Trump signed executive orders for Coronavirus Relief, including a payroll tax holiday, student loan deferments, eviction protections and Unemployment Benefits. From the Trump National golf club in bedminster, new jersey, this is half an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, donald j. Trump. Plays]to the chief President Trump thank you very much. Already my administration has enacted over three chilling dollars in historic relief, shaving tens of millions of dollars in jobs, and you see how fast the economy is coming back. It doesnt look like it will be a sharp the v. We have tremendous enthusiasm, spirit and job growth. We set a record on number of jobs in the last three months. The most jobs ever created in a three month period, that is great. Before we begin, i just signed two bills that are great for our veterans. They are very special. We passed veterans choice and accountability. Theyve been trying to get that passed for decades and decades and decades and now veterans have choice and if you dont love your vets and you are in the v. A. And you dont love your vet and you take care of the vets, you can get fired if you dont do your job. We want people to love our vets. The first expands the eligibility for vets with blindness in both eyes. We have an expansion of benefits and various elements of being and working with the v. A. For vets with blindness and in particular blindness and those eyes. Both eyes. We have a lot of problem with blindness in the v. A. And we have been talking about this for many years. That is expanding eligibility for vets with blindness in both eyes. Second requires the v. A. To establish a Treatment Program for vets who need treatment, rather than punishment for certain nonviolent crimes. You know what that all means. It is something theyve tried to get done a long time. The v. A. Has to establish a treatment court, it is a program for vets who need treatment rather than punishment for certain nonviolent crimes. I think it is self explanatory. Weve wanted this a long time and theyve tried to get it a long time and now we have it. I want to thank everybody for helping us get that done. We had support from a lot of great people, including in the v. A. In the current negotiations, we have stated our willingness to sign legislation for expanded benefits, protecting americans from eviction and providing additional relief payments to families. Democrats have refused to these offers and want to negotiate. What they really want is a lot money for states run by democrat governors and mayors. Theyve been run badly for many years and many decades, in fact you know the states, you know who we are talking about and what we are talking about, i dont think we have to go over it. What the democrats primarily want is bailout money, has nothing to do with the china virus or nothing to do with anything weve been talking about over the last two of time. They want to bailout states that have been badly managed by democrats, badly run by democrats for many years. In all cases, many decades. We are not willing to do that. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer have chosen to hold this vital assistance hostage on behalf of extreme partisan demands and the radical left democrats and we cannot do that. Hopefully we can do something with them on the later date but we will be signing some bills in a little while that will be important and take care of a much this entire situation. As we know it, and as you have been covering it, and in some cases, actually covering it accurately. Many of the farleft policies they are pushing have nothing to do, again, with what we have been working on so hard, namely the corona uh, you can call it so many different names, what a horrible thing china released on the world. The heroes act is giving unrelated money to the virus. Here are a few of the policies and their extreme left bill, and again, this is a bill supported by biden, and abide is totally controlled now by the Bernie Sanders left wing of the party, and he has gone further left than Bernie Sanders ever dreamt of going. Other than bernie, they have brought him left. If you look at the manifesto they have agreed to, it is further left than i ever heard about Bernie Sanders. The massive taxpayer bailout of badly run blue states, we talked about, thats one of the things they are looking to do. Measures designed to increase voter fraud. Banning voter id. We should have a voter id in every state. Every state should have voter id viewed you have id in practically everything you do. Everybody has voter id everybody has id except for voters. They dont want id. Some states it works out great, and if you want to stop fraud and elections, have voter id viewed they want a voter id. They want to ban voter id in all states and requiring signature verification and elections. Why would they want in this bill, which has nothing to do with what we are talking about, stimulus, something banning voter id in every state they want to ban it, including where we have it. Some states have it. Indiana and others, they do very well. Why would they want to ban voter id in all states and why would they want to ban requirements for signature verification in federal elections . Who would want a bill banning signature verification . What is that all about . You know what it is about fraud. Thats what they want. They want to steal the selection, because frankly it is the only way they can win the election. The bill also requires all states to do universal mailin ballotting, which nobody is prepared for regardless of whether or not they have the infrastructure. They want to steal an election, thats all this is about, they want to steal the election. In the bill, they have a bill that requires all states to do universal mailin ballotting regardless of whether they have the infrastructure. In nevada, such a disaster, there infrastructure is such a total disaster. They dont want to have signature verification, they dont want to have any of the safeguards you need. They dont want to have safeguards that are so common and basic and even other states that we disagree with have the nevada thing is a mess but we will see what the courts determine. They certainly dont have the infrastructure in nevada. We will see what it is. We brought suit last week and we will see how it works out, i think we will win it. Basically what they are trying to do with all of these requirements, including no signature verification, they are trying to steal an election. I was in ohio and texas and florida over the last four or five days and if you would see the crowds along the highways and roadways, people have said they have never seen anything like it and they havent seen anything like it and the press doesnt report it because they are fake news. They even want to force states to implement a controversial practice known as ballot harvesting a very dangerous practice, meaning it would allow Democrat Party operatives to deposit thousands and thousands of completed ballots at the post Office Without any verification of who filled them out. Including a verification of signatures on the ballots. Youre not even going to have a verified signature anybody, i could sign it, you could sign it, anybody could sign it, and that counts as a vote. How can you do a thing like this . This is what they are asking for, this is what nancy pelosi and crying shut crying Chuck Schumer are asking for. [laughter] it is ridiculous, it is a horrible thing. They include stimulus checks for illegal aliens. If you were able to get into the country illegally and the borders, as you know, they are doing very well right now, we have a very Strong Border and the wall is up to 276 miles and will be completed around the end of the year. We will do some extra mileage in certain areas that people didnt realize were so bad. We will be completed with it right after after the additional mileage, probably a little after the end of the year. From what i have heard, joe biden, sleepy joe wants to rip the wall down. He wants people to pour into our country. They want open borders and we dont want open borders. The democrats want stimulus checks for illegal aliens, they want the mass release of illegal aliens from the tension and they also compel the mass release of inmates, including serious felons. How do you like that one . And this is in the bill we are talking about. What does this have to do with stimulus to the economy . What does this have to do with the coronavirus . What does this have to do with this . Think of that they required the mass release of detention. This is a radical left policy so they can go to portland and try to rip the place apart like theyve done for many years and they have been doing for years and years. They also compel the mass release of inmates what does this have to do with what we are talking about . This is nancy pelosi, crazy nancy, and Chuck Schumer. They want to compel you to do this stuff and this has nothing to do with what we are talking about and it includes serious felons. They want to have these people released on a mass basis, including serious felons. That is page 1689, 1762. 1762 and that is nowhere near the end of the bill. These people, i dont believe they love our country if you want to know the truth. In addition to demanding these extreme partisan provisions, democrats are actively blocking the following measures. Support for k12 schools to help them safely open, additional funding for the paycheck Texan Program to help millions of workers on the payroll. A great program, very successful, kept a lot of businesses open and thats why we are doing so well and reopening our country. Additional money for hospitals, testing and vaccines. Direct payments of 3400 for a family of four. This is the extreme partisans this is what we are talking about. Democrats are actively blocking about the things we want and what we want is good for people. These are the things they are blocking. Support for k12 schools so they can open. Think of that. Also direct payments of the 3004 hundred dollars for a family of four, plus funding for child care and Mental Health care. You need that, especially when you have so much of a lockdown. You need that, Mental Health care. Funding for broadband, airports and agriculture, rental assistance, and support for Community Banks and Credit Unions to help them provide 100 billion in loans to the hardest hit communities, including Rural Communities and farmers. They dont want anybody to get that. Democrats are obstructing all of it. Therefore i am taking executive action. We have had it. We are going to save american jobs and provide relief to the american workers. I will be signing these bills in a short period of time. The first one is i am providing a payroll tax holiday to americans earning less than 100,000 per year. In a few moments i will sign a directive instructing the Treasury Department to allow employers to defer payment of the employee portion of certain payroll texans taxes from september 1. We are going to be making that, we just got word, were getting word from a lot of people and we didnt think we would have to do this because we thought the democrats would be reasonable but they have been not only unreasonable ridiculous. We will make that august 1 most likely. It will be august 1. We will let you know the exact date but looking like august 1. The august 1 through the end of 2020. This means bigger paychecks for working families as we race to produce a vaccine and eradicate the china virus once and for all. And we are doing very good with the numbers, you see it is going down in arizona, very substantially and rapidly, going down to california, texas, florida. Other areas are cropping up a little bit but we are watching them closely. We understand the disease and we are watching them closely, especially our Senior Citizens and our Senior Citizens residences. If i am victorias november 3, i plan to forgive these taxes and make permanent because to the payroll tax. I will make it permanent. Joe biden and the democrats might not want that, they dont want that because they are adding 3 trillion in taxes. They will have the option of raising everybodys taxes and taking this away. If i win, i may extend and terminate in other words, i extend it beyond the end of the year and terminate the tax. We will see what happens. Biden probably wont be doing that, you have to ask him, i dont think he knows what he is doing. [laughter] second, i am signing an executive order directing the department of housing and urban development, hhs and cdc, to make sure renters and homeowners can stay in their homes. I am protecting people from eviction. Youve heard a lot about eviction and the democrats dont want to do anything having to do with protecting people from a fiction. From eviction. I said lets do that separately, it can be a separate thing from passing along money so people can live. They did not even want to protect people from eviction. They get a fiction. Eviction. Its not their fault the virus came into the country, it is chinas fall. By the way, a lot of people, a lot of the states doing the best are having some problems, a lot of the states we were not thinking were doing the best are doing well. You look at some of the countries involved, some of the countries standing out as examples are now exploding. But they will get it down, they understand it we are dealing with a lot of countries providing thousands and thousands of ventilators all over the world. We make a lot of ventilators. We started with very little and we are making a lot. We have thousands in our stockpile that we are making thousands a month and providing many of them, thousands and thousands, to other countries that would never be able to get them. The department of housing and urban development will also provide Financial Assistance to struggling renters and homeowners and work with landlords and lenders to keep americans safely in their homes. So we dont want people being evicted. And the act i am signing will solve that problem largely, hopefully completely. The third action i am taking today will also provide Additional Support for americans who are unemployed due to the china virus. Under the cares act, i signed expanded Unemployment Benefits and the law and Congressional Democrats have stonewalled our efforts to extend this relief. They even oppose measures that would give bonuses to workers returning to the job. They were totally opposed to that. For this reason i am taking action to provide an additional or an extra 400 per week in expanded benefits 400, ok . So that is generous, but we want to take care of our people. It was not their fault, it was chinas fall. States will be asked to cause to cover 25 of the cost. Through the Coronavirus Relief fund. Under this plan, states will be able to offer greater benefits if they so choose and the federal government will cover 75 of the cost. We are set up. It is 400 per week and we are doing that without the democrats. We should have been able to do it easily without them but they wanted additional things that have nothing to do with helping people. Fourth, i am signing a directive reply abiding relief to student loan borrowers. Earlier this year we slashed Interest Rates to zero, i dont know if people know that because the press does not ever report it, but maybe they are watching now. The press doesnt report a lot of good things that are good for the people and good for the country. Earlier this year, we slashed Student LoansInterest Rates to 0 and suspended student loan payments and congress extended that policy through september 30. Today i am extending this policy through the end of the year and we will extend it further most likely right after december 1. We look like we will be extending that, paying zero interest. Again, not their fault that their colleges are closed down and not their fault that they are unable to get what they bargained for. Through these four actions, my administration will provide immediate and vital relief to americans struggling during this difficult time. The beautiful thing about this local time is we are coming back and setting records. We will also ensure our economic comeback continues for speed ahead and with the 400 and all of the other measures we are talking about, we will be signing in a little while, that will happen. We are further looking at additional tax cuts, including income tax relief, income tax cuts, and Capital Gains tax cuts. We will you looking at Capital Gains for the purpose of creating jobs. Income tax is selfexplanatory. It will be income tax for middle income and lower income people, middle income people because they pay a lot of income tax. You do have tax inequality. I am saying that as a republican, you do have tax inequality. We will be looking at income tax and we will be looking at Capital Gains tax, cuts on both and may be substantial, and we will be reporting back fairly shortly on that. That is big news, big news, but very important. We want to have our jobs flourish, we want to have our companies do great and have 401 k s, now at a level if you look the stock market, it is great, if you have stocks in nasdaq, you are higher than you ever were, and this is still during the pandemic, the stock market because they see such incredible things happening, smart people, the stock market is almost at an alltime high. We are just a short of it and nasdaq is higher than it ever was. It has broken a record 14 times in the last couple of months. 401 k s are doing fantastically. I hope you kept your socks and did not sell stocks and did not sell and i hope you had confidence in your president and confidence that he will be reelected. I will tell you, the biggest tailwind, the biggest problem we have with respect to the stock market, which is not much of a problem because its doing so well but it would be much higher, is the possibility that these radical left democrats could win. If they win, we will have a crash, a terrible problem. They will raise taxes 3 trillion worth of taxes and that will affect everybody from middle income to upper income to jobs, to companies, your 401 k s will go down like a rock. Your stocks will go down like a rock. Dont forget, these big companies, you have stocks in these companies, you own stocks. Millions and millions of shareholders. Whether it is Pension Funds or anybody else, you all have stocks, so they are big companies, but a lot of people on that stock and we want to keep it going. But we do have i guess you could say it is a headwind, not a tailwind. It is a headwind. When you think of it, in my opinion, it would be much higher, but you look at what they want to do, they want to raise everybodys taxes, everybody, and they want to do the Green New Deal, which would decimate our country it ridiculous and childish. I often say the Green New Deal is childish, it is for children, not for adults. [laughter] anybody that believes in that is i dont know, maybe it is politics, i dont even think it is good politics. They seem to think so and we will see how we do. I dont think it is good politics and it will decimate our economy. We have learned a great deal about this virus and how to treat it. Our strategy is to aggressively shield those at the greatest risk well allowing younger and healthier citizens to safely resume work and school. Some of the democrats i would say are very strongly on the left are coming out and saying we really have to open our schools for the good of the economy. I was shocked to see a couple of them, you know who they are. We want americans to social distance and avoid large crowds and all the things we talk about all the time, we have to go and make sure everything is in good shape we are coming back very strong. We have been doing very well with the virus because all of the states everybody thought would be in a bad position for a long time, they are coming down, the governors have done a great job. Dont forget, we are dealing with governors, some have done a fantastic job, all have worked hard, son have done a better job than others and someday if you want to know, i will give you the good ones and bad ones. We will give you good ones and bad ones. For contrast, the never ending lockdown being proposed by some, mostly you could say almost all in the Democrat Party, would inflict unimaginable harm to our people and health for decades to come. It will hurt our economy. They actually view that is a good thing because they are interested in one date, november 3. I think it is bad politics. I think they are starting to come along because im seeing more and more people want to open up. You see the devastating results of lockdowns. You have depression and suicide and drugs and alcohol and bad marriages marriages that were good turn out to be very bad. [laughter] it is an amazing thing. Who would think it . People get along for 20 years, i guess they didnt know each other very well. Now theyre not getting along. [laughter] and youve had the opposite, people like each other more than they thought, and that is ok too. But the other situation is very bad. We will develop a vaccine and have it very soon. We are ready to distribute it, we have the military ready, logistics it is called. We will end the pandemic and rebuild the greatest economy in the history of the world. We created the greatest economy in the history of the world, the highest stock market ever, and we are very close to getting that back that is way ahead of schedule. Highest stock market ever, dustin best employment numbers for africanamericans, hispanic americans, asian americans. Hispanic americans and just set a record for new jobs, africanamericans are just set a record for new domes. The last month. Asian americans just set a record for new jobs. We are very proud of what is happening. I will now sign the executive action and if you want, we can ask a few questions, ok . Let me do this first and then you can do some questions. [cheering and applause] ok, so this is for [indiscernible] [sharpie scratching] ok. Ok. [sharpie scratching] so this is Authority Vested in me. This is the payment relief, the covid19 pandemic. This is [indiscernible] providing assistance to renters and homeowners. [sharpie scratching] this is deferred payroll tax obligation. This is your payroll tax obligation, which we will end up terminating eventually, right . [sharpie scratching] how many pictures can you take of it . Are you taking hundreds of pictures . What are you doing . Ok. So that is the story. Would anybody like a pen . I do President Trump we will hand these out to you in the back. [cheering and applause] yes, please. Can we start with a 400. I want to get your reaction which governors have told you they would sign on . President trump that is up to them, that is their problem. I dont think there people will be too happy. They have the money so i dont think their people will be too happy. But if they dont, they dont. But again, the states have the money sitting there. Why did you decide on 400 when previously families were receiving 600 . That will be a hardship for many. President trump its not hardship, this is the money they need and want and this gives them incentive to go back to work. This is much more than was previously agreed, the 600 was a number that was there and there was difficulty with the 600 because it was a disincentive. The payroll tax cut was opposed by both parties on capitol hill. Can you give your rationale to why that was so important . It helps people greatly. It helps country get back. Anybody that would say anything different i think is foolish. Everybody wanted it. The democrats want it, the republicans want it. They just couldnt come to an agreement. Everybody wants it. The important thing is the people want it. The people need it. Vulnerable there is no money for reopening schools, is in their money for democrats to go and negotiate . We have money to negotiate, there was a lot of money unspent. We have significant money that was unspent. Vulnerable when will this relief get in the hands of americans that need it . It will be rapid, we wanted to be rapid. Vulnerable if legal action is brought against you, why not work with congress on this deal . Im not saying they are not going to come back and negotiate. They may come back and negotiate. Americans want to know when they will see the relief. Very soon. There it is right there. Excuse me. There it is. Ismr. President , this expected to be tied up in the court. It will either be delayed or blocked. It will go very rapidly through the courts. Maybe soon. It is somebody that doesnt want people to get money. Thats not going to be a very popular thing. Going around congress, are you trying to set a new prestudent that the president can go around Congress Congress has obstructed. The democrats have obstructed people from getting desperately needed money. Go ahead. You are saying excuse me. Thank you very much, everybody. [applause] and the two top negotiators for the democrats, House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer, releasing the joint statement which says in part todays meager announcements by the president show President Trump still does not comprehend the urgency of the health and economic crisis facing working families. Democrats repeat our call to republicans to return to the table, to deliver immediate relief to the american people. Cspans washington journal. Every day we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and will discuss policy issues that impact you. Coming up sunday morning, the 19th editor at large, aaron hayes, will join us to discuss the launch of a new service aimed at women. Plus related topics of camping 2020. On the 75th anniversary of the nagasaki and hiroshima bombings, we talk with richard frank, and later with american universitys director of the Nuclear Studies institute, peter krosnick. Watch washington journal. Live at 7 00 eastern sunday morning. Join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text, and tweets. Biden spoke to latino officials about his support for immigrant households, education initiatives, and antihate crime laws. This is from a conference hosted by the National Association of latino elected and appointed officials. Good to see you again. I want to say a special hi to my good friend secretary daily. It has been a long time. Glad to see you looking so well. Im honored i want to start by thanking arturo for this opportunity to share my vision for latinos in our country. If i have the honor of being elected president , i want to thank you for your opening rerk