You know he did not have a flash of conscience or a flicker of concern for his fellow man. Or woman. Especially not for women (Reuters):
PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making.
He choked (Al Jazeera):
“I have told Congress that I want far less wasteful spending and more money going to the American people in the form of $2,000 checks per adult and $600 per child,” Trump said in a statement announcing he had signed the bill.
White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said the president was “sending a strong message” that “wasteful items” needed to be removed from the bill and added that a “redlined” version would be sent back to Congress with a requirement that such items be removed from the bill.
Other conditions include a review and possible repeal of Section 230, under which social media giants cannot be held legally responsible for objectionable words, photos or videos that people post to their platforms.
“Sending a strong message.” In other words, Trump choked.
Deere says Congress also agreed to “focus strongly on the very substantial voter fraud” in the November elections.
Congress agreed to “focus strongly” knowing he’s weeks away from leaving the White House? Not likely. In other words, Trump choked.
Republicans both privately and publicly tried to sway Trump to change his mind after days of attacks on the bill.
“I understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but the danger is he’ll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire,” Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said on “Fox News Sunday” of Trump’s demand for larger stimulus checks.
He’ll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior whatever he does. He will be remembered for kowtowing to global adversaries, for being the most corrupt and inept president in American history, for being a developmentally stunted knot of personality disorders trying to pass himself off as an adult, and for failing to lead during a deadly pandemic that killed more Americans than any war since the Civil War. And he will be remembered for choking.
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