He that said while Pelosi wants a large-scale package, he believes a narrower approach is more prudent at this time. “The speaker has refused to sit down and negotiate unless we agree to something like a $2.5 trillion deal in advance,” Mnuchin said. “As you know, we put $3 trillion into the economy when the economy was completely shut down and we’ve now reopened the economy. Mnuchin said that President Trump will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon or hurt American allies in the region. "Before we got into COVID I thought the debt was very manageable," Mnuchin said, noting that the pandemic has justifiably changed this.

Source: Fox News September 06, 2020 13:32 UTC