CONGRESS/COURTS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I’m taking executive action. We’ve had it. And we’re going to save American jobs and provide relief to the American workers, and I’ll be signing these bills in a very short period of time.” […]
[Reporter: “Mr. President, though, this is expected to be tied up in the court. So this relief is either going to be delayed or blocked indefinitely.”]
“Oh, I don’t think so… I think this is going to go very rapidly through the courts… This will go very — if — if we get sued. Maybe we won’t get sued. If we get sued, it’s somebody that doesn’t want people to get money. Okay? And that’s not going to be a very popular thing.”
[Reporter: “But should a President be able to go around Congress? Are you trying to set a new precedent —”]
“No. No… You ever hear the word ‘obstruction’?”
[Reporter: “Yes. You were investigated for that.”]
“They’ve obstructed. Congress has obstructed. The Democrats have obstructed people from getting desperately needed money.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 8, 2020