President Trump said Wednesday that a stand-alone bill to pay military service members during a government shutdown “probably will happen," contradicting comments from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) earlier in the day.

“Yeah, that probably will happen,” the president told a reporter when asked if he would encourage Congress to pass stand-alone legislation to pay troops.

“We have to worry about it yet. That's a long time. You know what one week is for me, an eternity? One week for me is a long time; we'll take care of it,” Trump told journalists at the White House. “Our military is always going to be taken care of.”

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