Trump: ‘We’re Paying People Not To Go To Work,’ They Want To Go To Work

‘They don’t want money’

RUSH EXCERPT:

TRUMP: "I’m just saying we have to get this country open, Jeff. It has to get open. This country was not designed to be closed. So we have the greatest we’ve ever had and then we’re paying people to stay home? Think of it. We’re paying people not to go to work, how about that? How does that play?"
REPORTER: "I understand that —"
TRUMP: "And they want to go to work, by the way. They don’t even want — they don’t want money. This country is great. We’re paying people. We have to get back to work, that’s what I’m saying. Go ahead, please."

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