However, as the hour approached, aides were informed the president would not be signing the relief bill that evening.The country, Congress and many of Mr Trump's closest aides and advisers had remained in the dark as to what he intended to do.When a deal was struck between congressional leaders, Mr Trump's aides had signed off believing the president was on board, though two officials previously told CNN they did not believe he was walked through the package in detail.
In fact, throughout his video message asking Congress to amend it, Mr Trump railed against several provisions that were actually part of the omnibus spending bill, not the COVID relief bill. "It is called the COVID relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with COVID," the president said at one point.
While the omnibus spending bill - which appropriates money for all the federal agencies for the rest of the fiscal year - was combined with the stimulus deal, funds allocated to the omnibus bill don't mean less is available for the COVID relief bill. Still, the president had publicly maintained his opposition to the legislation - leaving small business support, jobless benefits and relief checks for millions of Americans in limbo.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
He a Drama Queen
Truth matters 😂 Get out of your mainstream echo chambers then you may actually taste truth.... Trump pushed for $2k per person and to veto the “Pork” omnibust ... The establishment DNC/GOP are THE issue and always have been hence “drain the swamp”. people love the swamp though
Why get your news from CNN? They are so credible
It's not relief... it maintains their war machine
He stalled it. Now he’s the hero with the reporting that’s happening for something he had zero say in for the past 9 months
He contributed nothing to the negotiations. He delayed the signing for four days & got the exact same deal. The master negotiator 😳 You make it sound like he did it all. Truth matters auspol TruthMatters
Top operator. 🤮
Silly boy.
Still Trump won’t keep lies out of our country.
Communism in America of giving a free ride to the poor! Rich Americans will be paying for this for generations to come.