Trump Doubles Down On $5,000 Checks But His Speaker Says He Won’t Print Them

Trump promised every American adult $5,000 on Sunday, “100 percent,” on one condition: Republicans keep the House and the Senate in November. Hours later, the Speaker who would have to pass the money declined to promise it. “The $5,000 is going to happen 100 percent,” Trump told reporters outside Air Force One on Sunday, September 13.