Posted on 10/06/2020 12:14:41 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has told his administration’s negotiators to end coronavirus stimulus talks with Democrats until after the Nov. 3 election.
The declaration, if the White House follows through on it, would halt an ongoing push to send trillions of dollars more in relief to Americans as the outbreak rampages through the U.S. and the economy struggles to recover from virus-related shutdowns. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke for an hour about a relief package on Monday and planned to talkagain Tuesday.
“I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday.
The president added that he has asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to “focus full time” on confirming Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Investors punished stocks in response to Trump’s tweets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 300 points, about 1.1%, in the minutes following the announcement.
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Good job!!!
Buh-bye, Conor Lamb.
Should have put this on Pelosi.
Good. I was wondering why Wall Street was fudging it’s huggies this afternoon. They’ll get over their tantrum. Open America back up now! Asses up, back to work! No more big baby allowance checks! Time to grow up, folks!
I don’t get this move. Pelosi was feeling some heat from her own members for her sabotaging efforts for a new package and now President Trump is letting her off the hook?
Hmm
The Democrats want to delay this so they do nothing but obstruct - just like they’ll try to block this woman from the Supreme Court
I am sure Wallace was notified.....
President Trump will get all of the blame for this, not Pelosi and her acolytes like Lamb.
Art of the Deal. Now that those members think that Pelosi has negotiated them into zero they’ll REALLY put some heat on.
This is a big opening for the Dems.
this must be the reason the market is taking a huge dump right now ...
Well, if her own members give her LOTS of heat, maybe she’ll come crawling to POTUS to ask him to reconsider. I am sure he will frame it in a way that makes it clear who is to blame and why.
Dems need the stimulus to buy votes. If they don’t deliver, they’ll pay at the polls.
He's spanking them so hard their transgendered interns can't sit down.
Blue states ain’t gonna make it without a bailout.
They’re at 30 fathoms and Trump just stepped on their air hose.
This is brinkmanship negotiating I tell ya.
Good move. You want stimulus, you know who to vote for.
Not much bias in this oped posing as news.
The declaration, if the White House follows through on it, would halt an ongoing push to send trillions of dollars more in relief to Americans as the outbreak rampages through the U.S. and the economy struggles to recover from virus-related shutdowns. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke for an hour about a relief package on Monday and planned to talk again Tuesday.
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