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Trump lost his battle with Congress over the stimulus bill and cost 14 million Americans unemployment aid in the process

President Donald Trump plays golf at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 27, 2020.President Donald Trump's last-minute threat to reject Congress' $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill backfired after he caved and signed the legislation on Sunday evening after days of delay.

But Trump has cost about 14 million Americans a week of federal unemployment aid because he waited until after that aid expired on Saturday to sign the new legislation. President Donald Trump's last-minute threat to reject Congress' $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill backfired after he caved andThe president failed to win a single concession from Congress, which sent the bill to him early last week after passing it with large majorities.

Trump claimed on Sunday that he's putting pressure on Congress to remove billions of dollars in "pork" from the bill, but he has no leverage to enforce this demand after signing the legislation, which he called a "disgrace." Trump is also dividing his own party in the process, as Republicans have overwhelmingly rejected the larger stimulus checks he's calling for. Democrats are pressuring the GOP to follow the president's lead, and the House will hold a vote on Monday on increasing the direct payments to $2,000.

 

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Bye Bye bluffer.

and Mitch McConnell is trying to save his own bacon by not letting the $2,000.00 stimulus get passed. It looks like realDonaldTrump has no power over McConnell and in the process we are all screwed in one way or another.

⚡️ Monday, December 28, 2020 ⏲️ 1:31 PM EST 🚨 Republicans / GOP CONTROL the Senate 🚨 Donald J. Trump in the White House 🔥🇺🇸 COVID19 in the United States: 🔥🇺🇸 U.S. DEATHS = 341,377 🔥🇺🇸 U.S. INFECTIONS = 19,590,769 🖥️ | CDCgov

Worst president in the history of the United States

wow

y’all could have ended the header after the word lost. LoserOfTheYear

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