In Abandoning Further Covid Relief, Trump Has Signaled He Intends To Bring The Country Down With Him

[skews13]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

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[CarlinAnnArbor]

Yeah, I read Nancy's conspiracy theories

 

[Rambunctious]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

Pelosi was not negotiating in good faith...she was being abstinent and obtuse with a huge lack of drive to get a deal...Trump said every time his team moved her way and they thought they had a deal she would move the goalposts....memo to libs...she couldn't possibly care less about you.....

 

[esalla]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

Yawn

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Democrats need to remove her

 

[Harry Dresden]

not another thread skewed by the master skewer himself......

 

[TheHardTruth]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

The only thing President Trump is signalling is that he is not going to cave to the likes of Looney loose dentures Pelosi and Chuckie I never met a camera or microphone I didn't like Schumer. He is not going to allow them to spread the wealth from responsibly run Red States to the irresponsible Give it all away Blue States. He believes, as a responsible leader should, that they made there own bed, now they can lie in it. Interesting that when talking about the Democrats the word "lie" comes up AGAIN.

 

[Lakhota]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

Yep, it's all about Trump.

 

[skews13]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

Yep, it's all about Trump.

I'm monitoring other sites since the news. He's getting crucified.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

Yep, it's all about Trump.

With the left, it always is

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

"Don't put that in yo mouth, girl!"

She wants more than COVID relief. She's not going to get it.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Pretty amazing they blame Trump because Nancy refuses negotiate in good faith

 

[Camp]

Trump is desperately trying to extort Americans inro voting for him. Government help will only come in November if we reelect him. Otherwise, we will receive no help until the end of Jan. or early Feb. Businesses will close and many more will go bankrupt. People will lose their homes and be evicted. Deutschbag Don will make everyone suffer.

Nancy and the House have passed a stimulus bill, twice.

 

[skews13]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

"Don't put that in yo mouth, girl!"

She wants more than COVID relief. She's not going to get it.

She's going to get it alright. And a lot more.

I predict a massive stimulus done when Biden is sworn in, and he will actually have a mandate to pay for it with Republican donor money.

 

[Camp]

Like everything else Trump has tried lately, his extortion plan will backfire on him and he will go even further behind and lose even more support.

 

[Shelzin]

Go back to work you lazy fucker.

 

[Turtlesoup]

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is determined to make all Americans pay the price for it:

As reported by the New York Times:

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to an intensive set of on-again-off-again negotiations to deliver additional pandemic aid to struggling Americans before the November elections.

This is simply one man’s sociopathic rage, acted out: a final dose of pure, unadulterated spite by Donald Trump, in willful collusion with Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. What it means, in practical terms, is that millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs, their health insurance, and for many, their homes, by the end of this calendar year as businesses struggling to stay afloat in the worst pandemic this country has seen in living memory finally give up the ghost, forced to lay off those workers they’ve struggled to retain. Then, the businesses themselves—hospitality, travel, leisure, personal services, restaurants, small businesses of every imaginable kind—will simply go belly up and fold.

Trump announced that he was pulling the plug on the effort in a series of afternoon tweets in which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California of “not negotiating in good faith" and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Ms. Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, had been scheduled to speak later Tuesday afternoon, after days of detailed talks aimed at a last-ditch compromise.
Instead, Mr. Trump said that he had instructed Mr. Mnuchin to stop negotiating, sending the S&P 500 down as much as 1 percent in the immediate aftermath of his tweet. It had been up more than half a percent in the moments before.

This means there will be absolutely no relief for any states with budgets for social services already crushed by the pandemic; no relief for businesses; no provision of any medical equipment, testing, PPE or other preventive funding to cope with the crisis; and not a penny for those rendered unemployed by the pandemic-- until Joe Biden is sworn in. By that time the economy-- as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated today with crystal clarity--will have re-entered recession or something worse. Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s going to be a very, very bleak winter for millions.

In abandoning further COVID relief, Trump signals he intends to bring the country down with him

From this we must assume that Trump has now been served the truth about his dismal re-election prospects. Because this is the act of a desperate, flailing man with zero interest in the welfare of the American people, who sees his end approaching and is...

www.dailykos.com

It's flu like killer----most that will die from it have already-----it will be around for years or longer killing some-----but like the Flu, won't wipe everyone out. Stop being a chicken little.

 

[skews13]

Like everything else Trump has tried lately, his extortion plan will backfire on him and he will go even further behind and lose even more support.

74% of voters want a Covid relief bill passed, before a vote on a court nominee, that a majority don't like either.

Trump shot himself in both feet, and then handed the gun to McConnell to shoot himself in the foot.

Not only will a bigger package get passed next year, but it may just end up being permanent basic universal income, and Republican donors taxes are going way up to pay for it, with a mandate from the voters.

The death cult and their brain dead base are going to be some mad mofos by this time next year.

 

[Camp]

Go watch gangster movies or the Sopranos. Trump is doing what is called a "Shake Down". If you do not give him his extortion price, the election, you will pay dearly. Merry Christmas mother fuckers is what Donald Trump is saying to you.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Go watch gangster movies or the Sopranos. Trump is doing what is called a "Shake Down". If you do not give him his extortion price, the election, you will pay dearly. Merry Christmas mother fuckers is what Donald Trump is saying to you.

You're very confused.