Trump Was Just Kidding, Signs Virus Relief Bill After Publicity Stunt Goes Wrong
After an agonizing, made-for-TV delay, Donald Trump decided to sign the bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill after all, putting an end to a stalemate that, had it persisted, would have stalled crucial aid to the economy and worsened the already tenuous plight of America's legions of jobless.
Because the legislation was attached to the broader funding bill, inaction also threatened to force a government shutdown.
A statement from the White House made a series of claims suggesting Trump secured conce
What a drama queen…for what? for whom? so what!
only one individual found any satisfaction from this.
enough
Yeah, when they had flown the bill down there, it was obvious he was going to sign after playing drama queen a little longer. Still, the R’s are embarrassing themselves again before the Georgia runoffs.
I will believe that Trump is going to sign it, after he has signed it. The man changes his mind every 5 minutes.
He signed it.
If Senate Republicans had not refused to hear testimony during the impeachment trial, thousands of Americans would still be alive, and we could have avoided an economic collapse. Citizens must demand accountability from the GOP because even a moral misfit like Trump needed a team to pull off this degree of damage.
Such a cruel little man. All theater just so we’d have to pay attention to him for a few more days. Meanwhile, 14 million families will have an unnecessary week of hardship. I don’t mean to be hyperbolic, but this was evil. 24 more days of this lunatic are probably going to feel like a year.
Yeah, among the many lessons of this administration, it shows that character matters.
That was pretty clear from the beginning – he was trolling Mitch McConnell. Little revenge for insufficient, as he thinks, support.
I find myself at a loss for words to describe what’s been happening. H, you nailed it for me with ‘cruel showmanship layered atop gross legislative ineptitude’.
Signing the bill was the lessor of two humiliating evils for Trump. This way he saves a bit of face by claiming that Congress must immediately pass a new bill to comply with his demands, (which includes objections to the Defence bill that now allows him to sign that, as well) . The alternative was a total defeat and victory for Congress through the overthrow of his vetoes.