Mnuchin: Democrats will ‘explain a lot to do’ if they want to challenge Trump orders in court

Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinNavarro, Mnuchin clashes with Trump in Oval Office over TikTok: WaPo Graham says he appreciates Trump orders but ‘would much rather have a congressional agreement’ Trump signs executive orders after coronavirus relief talks falter MORE defend on Sunday President TrumpDonald John TrumpDeWine tests negative for coronavirus a second time Several GOP lawmakers raise concerns over Trump executive orders in Beirut after testing test for US aid to frustrated ally MAY‘s executive actions of coronavirus and said Democrats would be responsible for delaying assistance to Americans if they challenged them in court.

“We have removed all these actions with the Office of Legal Counsel,” Mnuchin told Fox News Sunday. “If the Democrats want to challenge us in court and hold unemployment benefits to those hard-working Americans who do not have a job because of a COVID, they will have a lot of explanations to do.”

Fox News’s Chris WallaceChristopher (Chris) WallaceTrump places order requiring insurers to cover pre-existing circumstances. When will the truth in politics tell again? Trump lowers COVID-19 mortality rate in US MORE notes that the president’s executive actions would provide $ 400 in increased federal unemployment benefits, $ 200 down from the recent improvement.

“Do you really think that the millions of families who have lost their jobs because of the virus do not need the extra $ 200 a week?” he asked Mnuchin.

“We thought $ 400 was a fair compromise. We offer to continue paying $ 600 while we negotiate, and the Democrats turned it down, ‘Mnuchin replied, to whom Wallace objected that this proposal had only been one week.

“Actually, we’ve extended it to two weeks,” Mnuchin said, adding that Democrats “made it absolutely clear that they would not even agree on a piece of the deal. They want to keep the American public from the money they need until they get everything.” what they want is just a bad outcome. “

Mnuchin also argued that Trump’s proposed lifting of tax breaks would not lead to a reduction in Social Security payments, saying that “the president in no way wants to damage these trust funds, that they will be reimbursed as they always have in the past back then.” we’ve done these kinds of things. “

Impressed by Wallace about how the suspension would be paid without increasing any other tax, such as income, Mnuchin replied, “You just have a transfer from the general fund.”