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PRESIDENT Donald Trump has promised to deliver a “tremendous stimulus package immediately after the election” and has vowed to “take back the House and do very well in the Senate.”

made some bold remarks on Friday when speaking to reporters outside the White House about the next .

President Trump said he'll deliver 'a tremendous stimulus package immediately after the election'
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President Trump said he'll deliver 'a tremendous stimulus package immediately after the election'Credit: Getty Images - Getty

“I think we’re going to have a fantastic presidential election because nobody has done more than this administration in the first three-and-a-half years.

“There’s never been a president or an administration that’s done more than we have for our farmers, for our manufactures, for everybody in terms of tax cuts, for our military,” Trump said.

Trump's remarks came after

President Trump said sounded confident as Election Day appears and said 'nobody has done more than this administration'
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President Trump said sounded confident as Election Day appears and said 'nobody has done more than this administration'Credit: Getty Images - Getty
It's the second time this week President Trump has stated to deliver a stimulus package after the election
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It's the second time this week President Trump has stated to deliver a stimulus package after the electionCredit: Getty Images - Getty

The president said is "only interested in bailing out badly run, crime-ridden Democrat cities and state" and said the speaker is “not interested in helping the people."

On Tuesday, Trump also vowed to deliver "the best stimulus package you've ever seen."

“I think you have a lot of congressmen and women – Republican – that are going to get elected. We’ll take back the House. We’ll hold the Senate. We’ll hold the White House,” he added.

Democrats and Republicans are negotiating a $2trillion package that includes $1,200 stimulus checks, unemployment benefits, small business aid, state and local funding
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Democrats and Republicans are negotiating a $2trillion package that includes $1,200 stimulus checks, unemployment benefits, small business aid, state and local fundingCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Pelosi responded by repeating her claim that Democrats and Republicans will "continue to put pen to paper" in hopes of finding an agreement.

The plan to have a deal before , after  adjourned the Senate after it voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

If no deal is reached by Nov. 3, Congress will face a Dec. 11 deadline to approving another spending bill in order to prevent a government shut down.

The Dec. 11 date could be a window of opportunity for lawmakers to pass another stimulus bill.

 that includes $1,200 stimulus checks, unemployment benefits, small business aid, state and local funding.

The White House had initially proposed a $1.8trillion package, but 

“It wasn’t passable, it didn’t crush the virus, it didn’t do any of the things it was supposed to do,” she said last week.

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