Trump doubles down on $5K checks as Johnson says Congress must approve

President Trump is doubling down on his promise to send $5,000 checks to American adults if

Republicans keep control of Congress in November. He first made that promise at the Republican

Midterm Convention in Dallas last week. And on Sunday, before leaving Ireland, Trump insisted

those checks will happen. And now they say, oh, the $5,000. The $5,000 is going to happen 100%

And the reason is because our country is taking in billions and billions of dollars

And it's going to happen because the people deserve it because they were treated so badly by the Democrats and by Biden

But there's a big step between that promise and sending out money

House Speaker Mike Johnson says the plan would need congressional approval, something Trump has said he doesn't think is necessary

Johnson was asked Sunday whether he would commit to delivering the checks. Like every idea that the president comes up with, he's a great idea generator

We're going to process that in Congress and figure it all out. I commit that Congress will work through it and find consensus on that like I have to do everything else

And there's already some Republican pushback. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said last week that if the government has surplus revenue, it should cut taxes and return that money to people

Saying, quote, what I don't think you want to do is borrow another trillion and a half dollars and then just try to flood that into the economy

because that will lead to more inflation. That will lead to more debt and more inflation

All of this comes with Trump's approval rating down from earlier this year

An AP Nork poll from July found just 33 percent of U.S. adults approve of the job he's doing

down from 42 percent when he took office