Trump calls for stimulus negotiations to stop until after Election Day
President Donald Trump has ordered his negotiators to halt talks over a new stimulus package, after the two sides have struggled for months to reach a deal. "I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," Trump wrote in a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon.
Trump has NO regard for the suffering of the American people... caused by his own incompetence.
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President Donald Trump has ordered his negotiators to halt talks over a new stimulus package, after the two sides have struggled for months to reach a deal.
"I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," Trump wrote in a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon.
Trump weighed in shortly after a private conference call with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the administration's top negotiator, who was scheduled to speak Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has been leading Democrats' negotiations.
The decision to pull the plug on the talks is a major blow to Americans still struggling with the fallout from the once-in-a century pandemic and endangers an economic recovery that for months was driven by the initial $2.2 trillion stimulus passed by Congress in the spring. With that money largely spent and gone, economists have warned more support is imperative in the months ahead.
While Mnuchin and Pelosi were still far apart on a final agreement, according to multiple people involved, they were still very much in negotiations -- with the two scheduled to talk by phone Tuesday afternoon and having continued to trade paper and legislative text over the last several days.
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The American people have learned that they cannot rely on Trump... for anything!
The blame rests squarely on the stooped shoulders of Pig Pelosi. She can't seem to get her fill of pork
Tell us why you think so.
And the market drops like a rock. Oh my.
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put a fork in that useless pile of shit, he's done. let the fascist party defections begin. bwah ha ha.
This is the act of a desperate man but it is going to backfire on him BIGLY!
yup.
Everything is about money with him. He figures that if he waves some cash under your nose, you will do anything he wants.
Of course, wave money under Trump's nose and HE will do anything you want, so just another case of projection on his part.
Disgusting POS, WORST president in the history of this country
So it starts, 'roid rage.
fascist nero sets the first fire on his way out the door ...
Trump's campaign is already on the verge of collapse. This move will not endear him to the American people.
Way to illustrate a probable prediction. Laughed out loud when I saw it.
His doctors are being really irresponsible if they aren't making it abundantly clear that his cognitive abilities are affected by his medications. This is insanity.
Still don't get Trump's methods huh. IMHO, he's calling off the stimulus negotiations to get them to get off their respective fat asses and get it done. They need to think long and hard where the blame is going to be placed..........directly on the House with an upcoming election. Fuel for the campaign. And you know it will be used............shit people, meet half way. What's $300billion when you are already close to $2trillion
To the unemployed who have a family to feed: "Here's half a loaf."
The feds have pumped around $4 trillion to keep the economy afloat.
That's a LOT of spinning....
The House already passed TWO bills Jim. It's the Senate and Trump that haven't done dick. So YA, 'they' need to think long and hard where the blame is going and it is NOT going toward the House.
Great, so 2.3 trillion it is. Done...
Taking care of America and Americans isn't even a close second to the power grab for the SCOTUS that Mitch is going for.
You think the voters haven't noticed? The GOP is going to get hammered at the ballot box come November.....
Unfortunately, the damage will already have been done. We'll be stuck with the Handmaiden for far too long. I can only hope that being around women with truly brilliant legal minds will cause her to step up to the plate and recognize just how much she has to learn. There will probably be clerks that have a better grasp of the law than she.
So the message is - if you all vote for me, you get the help you are entitled to in November. If you don't, you will have to wait until January.
This has a familiar ring to it. Give me what I want and you will get the aid you need to fight the Russians today. If you don't, you can wait til Hell freezes over.
... so much for the future of the trump brand. bwah ha ha ha
Update: Trump begins reversal of insane order to end work on stimulus package tonight.
I can't keep up. A typical Trump torture. It's like "click" - the gun's not loaded.
Maybe they tweaked his dosage...
Donald "Antoinette" Trump: "Let them eat cake."
Buzz - I don't think it's cake he's telling us to eat.
NOPE! Later that day he demanded that they take place in peices, and then apparently today he said he was open to a comprehensive package.
Seriously, people are worried about Biden's mental state?