@mchill saidI think he's throwing out a test to the GOP to see who's with him and who isn't.
Yes folks, you heard this from a Liberal! Trump got this one right.
President Trump is threatening to derail a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress on Monday after months of bitter negotiations. Trump said the bill was a "disgrace" and called the $600 payments to individuals in the current bill "ridiculously low." He said he wants that boosted to $2,000 p ...[text shortened]... g/2020/12/22/949421102/trump-calls-relief-bill-a-disgrace-asks-for-changes-after-bitter-negotiations
Trying to force a veto override vote.
@mghrn55 said"Some men just want to watch the world burn".
I think he's throwing out a test to the GOP to see who's with him and who isn't.
Trying to force a veto override vote.
Alfred
The post that was quoted here has been removedPerhaps if the high stepping duchess wasn’t renowned / infamous for attacking other posters efforts kevcvs57 would have found it a lot easier to detect the sarcasm rather than perceiving it as another unwarranted attack.
That being said if it was sarcasm then I apologise for my ad hominem based reply.
@dood111 saidThe Democratic House passed it in May.
Trump was suggesting a 2000 dollar stimulus check months ago
Analysis from Politico:
"TRUMP -- as he has so many times before -- has thrown the government he is supposed to be leading into an intractable crisis.
WE SPOKE TO A FEW PEOPLE IN TOUCH with the president and they say this: he has come to think that this fight he has pitched -- teasing a veto on a covid/funding bill that his administration negotiated -- is playing well with Americans, these people said. He’s highlighting what he considers to be wasteful foreign spending -- never mind he proposed much of it -- and is pushing for $2,000 checks in place of the $600 checks his underlings and party agreed to.
BUT HERE’S WHAT WON’T PLAY WELL WITH THE BASE: the social safety net our country is supposed to provide is about to be ripped away in the middle of the holiday season. On Saturday, pandemic unemployment assistance -- used by gig workers -- runs out. On Dec. 31, pandemic emergency unemployment compensation -- which lengthened UI -- runs out, as does the eviction moratorium and the medical expense deduction. All gone unexpectedly unless the president signs the $2-trillion package.
OF ALL THE LEGISLATIVE BATTLES TRUMP has pitched, this is the most dangerous and befuddling. Here’s what’s on deck:
-- THERE’S THE UNCERTAINTY about whether he will sign the Covid-bus package to avoid a government shutdown next week.
-- IF TRUMP DOESN’T SIGN IT, how will they avoid a government shutdown Monday night? Will he sign anything?
-- SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI will force a Monday, full-House, up-or-down vote on $2,000 checks. Will Republicans vote for it? Because we know Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL and Senate Republicans are likely to ignore it.
-- WILL CONGRESS BE ABLE to override TRUMP’S NDAA veto?
IN HIS FINAL INTERVIEW IN 1973, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON told WALTER CRONKITE that antagonizing Congress is never a good idea because it’s like a pilot having a co-pilot flying in different directions.
TRUMP HAS taken it a step further. He has pressed the ejection seat on his allies.
HE’S PUBLICLY TURNED ON MCCONNELL and JOHN THUNE, the top two Republicans in the Senate. The only ally he has left in the leadership is KEVIN MCCARTHY, who sent a letter to House Republicans last night criticizing a deal he was a party to and voted for.
MCCONNELL, who was elected a few weeks ago with his largest margin in 18 years, has practically no political incentive to pacify TRUMP at this point. If worse comes to worst, he’ll have a better hand in a few weeks with JOE BIDEN in the White House. BIDEN’S a Democrat, but at least you know his administration’s word is likely to be good.
AS WE SAID WEDNESDAY, pretty much all of the president’s allies recognize this fit is mostly about TRUMP’S frustration with lawmakers who have been publicly acknowledging his time in the White House is drawing to a close. Trump's remaining Hill allies -- all in the House -- are convincing TRUMP that he has a chance of overturning electoral results Jan. 6, and that he should veto this bill -- both deep rabbit holes without exit paths.
WE’RE STARING DOWN THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHUTDOWN. Make no mistake about that. The hope in some corners of the Capitol is that the House and Senate come back Monday -- the House will be, but who knows if the Senate will be back -- and they pass a stopgap to keep the government funded into January. But why would the president sign that if this truly has little to do with the policy?
RIGHT NOW, Republicans tell us they have one goal: keep TRUMP calm and hope he changes his mind and signs the bill."
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/12/24/cyclone-of-uncertainty-and-chaos-491246?cid=su_tw_pb
Anybody think that the $2000 checks have any possibility of getting through the Senate? Quite a few GOP Senators didn't want any checks at all.
The post that was quoted here has been removedNixon didn't need the permission of the US Senate to go to China. Trump, assuming he's even serious, needs a Senate vote for a $2000 check. He won't get it.
BTW, in Trump's ranting speech supporting the $2000 checks, his rationale was:
""Congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists and special interests, while sending the bare minimum to the American people who need it. It wasn't their fault. It was China's fault."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55420366
Maybe Trump thinks China should pay for the stimulus checks, like Mexico paid for the Wall.
This bill has been in negotiations for months; Trump never insisted on a $2000 stimulus check until AFTER it had already been passed. There's good reason to doubt his sincerity (always) and his last minute, cavalier intervention has far more chance of scuttling any aid at all than increasing it.
The post that was quoted here has been removedWhy are you posting like a halfwit? Yes that’s exactly what I said and it was a rhetorical question. Please explain what it is about my post that you either; do not understand, or disagree with.
Maybe you could show me where I’ve claimed that other politicians do things for purely altruistic reasons because I’m fairly confident that I did not say that.
The only interesting aspect of this debate is trying to guess what Trumps rationale is for doing what he’s doing in regard to these budgetary bills.
I’m sorry that you find off target sniping at other posters a more interesting pastime but then you do have a history don’t you duchess.
Here's a rather amusing graphic since Trump and House Republican Leader McCarthy are now complaining about foreign aid in the government funding legislation (not the accompanying COVID bill): https://twitter.com/krys10iam/status/1341955749921095682/photo/1
The short version is that virtually everything Trump complained about was in his own budget proposal.