With a video in which he called it a “disgrace,” President Trump yesterday blasted the COVID/omnibus spending package that was only adopted on Monday. His biggest complaints seem to be that the stimulus checks of $600 per person for families making less than $75,000 a year is not big enough and that the bill contains too much “wasteful” spending. He wants the checks to be at least $2,000.
Smaller checks were pushed by Congressional Republicans and his own Treasury secretary. Democratic leaders have, at least publicly, seized on the remarks to try to make another push on larger stimulus checks. Not surprisingly, the video is now leading many to wonder whether Trump will veto the measure, which took six months to craft.
Trump must sign the measure by next Monday in order to prevent a shutdown.
Read more about the developments here in Politico, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Axios.