President Donald Trump makes remarks as he meets with U.S. tech workers and signs an executive order on hiring Americans in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 3, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) President Trump called on Congress to approve a fresh round of $1,200 stimulus checks for American families by reallocating $300 billion in unused coronavirus relief funds."We have $300 billion in an account that we didn't use.
I would be willing to release it, subject to Congress, and use that as stimulus money and it would go right to the American people," Trump said Friday during a White House press briefing.Although Trump said he considered redirecting the funds unilaterally, he was told he needed.