Mike Johnson Insists at Presser: Trump Is Thinking About Americans' Financial Situations'

"I don't know the context in which he made that comment, but I can tell you the president thinks about Americans' financial situations. I talk to him on average twice a day, sometimes three or four times a day, and we talk about it constantly. He's laser-focused on trying to resolve the conflict in Iran, Johnson replied, adding: Because if we get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, that will alleviate a lot of pressure with gas prices and other things in the economy."

"Because if we get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, that will alleviate a lot of pressure with gas prices and other things in the economy. Now, we've done everythingthe Republican Party, under President Trump's leadership, have done everything that we possibly can to reverse the maddening inflation of the Biden years that was at 40-year highs and all the gross misspending over the last several yearsto get the economy back humming again."

"And we did that in the big, beautiful bill, the Working Families Tax Code, infused with pro-growth policies. We put in incentives for job creators and entrepreneurs and risk-takers, small business owners to expand and add more jobs, to increase wages. Those things are beginning to happen. We put into place the lowest taxes, the biggest tax cut in American history, to help out hard-working American families."

"The average American household has over $10,000 more in their pocket because of the policies that we passed. While leaving the White House on Tuesday afternoon, Trump told reporters, The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran,"

A reporter asked whether the president should consider Americans’ financial concerns when negotiating with Iran. The speaker said he did not know the context of the president’s comment, but stated the president thinks about Americans’ financial situations and discusses them frequently. He said the president is laser-focused on resolving the conflict in Iran. He linked reopening the Strait of Hormuz to alleviating pressure on gas prices and other economic factors. He also cited Republican economic actions under President Trump, including efforts to reverse inflation and misspending from prior years. He referenced pro-growth policies, incentives for job creation, and tax cuts, claiming households have more money due to those measures.

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