President Trump said that a short-term deal to stop evictions of renters could address American’s immediate needs amid a pandemic while congressional negotiators attempt to reconcile a larger bill.

“We ought to work on the evictions, so people don’t get evicted,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Texas on Wednesday. “You work on the payments to the people. On the rest of it, we’re so far apart we don’t care. We really don’t care.”