

Many jobless Americans will lose benefits unless Trump signs relief bill SaturdayĮager to help discredit investigations into his own behavior and that of his allies, he’s using his wide-reaching clemency powers to wipe away convictions brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, undermining a system of law and order in the process. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) Patrick Semansky/AP

As he prepares to exit the White House, President Donald Trump is rewarding some supporters and like-minded allies with the perks and prestige that come with serving on federal advisory boards and commissions. 12, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One. Insistent his own government is working against him by ignoring false claims of voter fraud, he’s dangling the prospect of shutting it down as he enjoys a winter holiday in South Florida and the country records its deadliest month since the pandemic’s start with more than 63,000 Americans having died from Covid-19 in December so far.įILE - In this Dec. Staff at Mar-a-Lago had made preparations for Trump to sign it on Christmas Eve, but the plan was scrapped at the last minute, two sources with knowledge of the circumstances told CNN, denying Americans a holiday gift of relief and setting up the threat of another government shutdown this week.Ĭonvinced social media companies helped rig the election against him, Trump did take action on an unrelated defense bill last week, vetoing it because it didn’t repeal those companies’ liability protections. He tweeted Sunday night, “Good news on Covid Relief Bill! Information to follow,” and a private ballroom at Mar-a-Lago is set up for him to finally sign the relief package and government funding bill – should he decide to do so, according to a CNN source. The country, Congress and many of Trump’s closest aides and advisers have remained in the dark as to what he intends to do. President Donald Trump’s dark mood has been worsening – and the country is suffering his wrath.įurious at Senate Republican leaders for acknowledging he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has so far rejected the coronavirus stimulus package they negotiated with Democrats and his own administration, leaving jobless benefits to lapse for millions of Americans and embarrassing his onetime political allies.
