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Trump threatens to veto Corona aid and speaks of "shame" - the USA is now even threatened with a shutdown

2020-12-23T09:01:44.858Z


The negotiations were tough. Then the two big parties agreed on a new stimulus package. Donald Trump doesn't care - he demands improvements. And talks about his future.


The negotiations were tough.

Then the two big parties agreed on a new stimulus package.

Donald Trump doesn't care - he demands improvements.

And talks about his future.

  • Congress had agreed on a new

    Corona stimulus package

    , but

    Donald Trump *

    does not like the result.

  • Instead of $ 600 in aid for the Americans, he wants $ 2,000 - to the delight of the

    Democrats

    .

  • Should

    Congress

    not send him a “suitable” bill, Trump will probably veto.

Washington, DC - "It really is a shame." These are the words that

Donald Trump

uses to describe

the congressional

corona stimulus package

in a speech published on Twitter

.

Democrats and Republicans had argued over the aid for months.

No sooner have the House of Representatives and Senate passed the 5000-page text of the law than US President Trump once again does what he wants.

He

even

accuses the

congress

members of not having read the text "because of its length and complexity".

Trump calls for improvements.

Otherwise, he suggests in the video, he would not sign the stimulus package with a volume of around 900 billion US dollars.

Congress has passed Corona stimulus package, but Donald Trump is not satisfied with the sums

Specifically, Trump demanded that the one-time and direct

aid payments

to most citizens should be increased from "ridiculously low" 600 dollars to 2000 dollars.

In addition, he demanded the deletion of what he saw as “wasteful and unnecessary” expenditure.

pic.twitter.com/v9Rdjz6DNu

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2020

He counts large sums of money from the package and sums it up:

Money is being spent

on "foreign states, lobbyists and special interests", but Congress is sending "the bare essentials to the Americans who need it".

Because in relation to the

Corona crisis

he says: "It wasn't their fault, it was

China's

fault." Repeating his accusations against China that they brought the virus into the world.

The

compromise

package, laboriously negotiated by both parties,

is intended, among other things, to help citizens in financial need and the unemployed, provide impetus for the troubled economy and provide additional funds for the fight against the corona virus and vaccinations.

The Congress had it on Tuesday night with a very large majority.

Trump had stayed out of the

negotiations

.

If he should actually use his

veto

, Congress could overrule him with a two-thirds majority.

USA / Congress: Nancy Pelosi approves Trump's demand - Republicans have resisted so far

Shortly before the end of his presidency, it would be the first time for Donald Trump for Congress to override his veto.

Because of the

Christmas holidays

, it seemed uncertain whether the Congress would have enough time for it.

The

House of Representatives *

was re-elected on November 3, and also about a third of the seats in the

Senate *

stood for vote.

Parliament meets for a new legislative period at the beginning of January.

It seems uncertain whether newly elected MPs and senators would also approve a package that was previously negotiated without them.

Unusually

,

Nancy Pelosi

, chairwoman of the House of Representatives,

agreed to a demand by Trump

.

She said on Twitter that the

Democrats *

were immediately ready to resolve the direct aid payments of US $ 2,000 with a simplified procedure in parliament.

"Let's do it!" The

Republicans *

in Congress, especially in the Senate, however, have repeatedly spoken out against a more generous stimulus package.

It is therefore unlikely that they would agree to a higher payment.

Republicans repeatedly refused to say what amount the President wanted for direct checks.

At last, the President has agreed to $ 2,000 - Democrats are ready to bring this to the Floor this week by unanimous consent.

Let's do it!

https://t.co/Th4sztrpLV

- Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) December 23, 2020

Donald Trump talks about his future and makes it clear who he sees in the next administration

In his

video message

, Trump said that if Congress did not send him a “suitable” bill, the stimulus package would have to be approved by the next administration.

"And maybe I'll be that government," he said.

Even though

Joe Biden *

has already been elected by the electorate with a large majority.

Trump continues to doubt the election result.

Despite unsuccessful prospects, his team continues to file lawsuits against the election.

Experts see no plausible and legal scenario in which Trump could ultimately remain president.

Biden has

praised

the new

stimulus package

and has already announced that he will seek further support measures from January.

Along with the stimulus package, a $ 1.4 trillion portion of the federal government budget was also approved.

Trump should therefore actually sign the package within a week to avoid the government running out of money.

Then a

transitional

financing expires

, with which the parliament

wanted to avert

a so-called

shutdown,

i.e. a partial standstill of government business.

(cibo with material from dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

List of rubric lists: © Evan Vucci / AP / dpa

Source: merkur

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