Has an American President Ever Been Worse at Politics?
If Trump had been just 10 percent more competent, he might not have lost the White House.
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Unless he overthrows the republic in the next 23 days, President Trump carried out his last two major official acts over the past week. There will probably be a last-minute fusillade of pardons for friends, family members, allies, and perhaps even himself. His subordinates will rush through federal regulatory changes and try to entrench other policy changes. Maybe he will even sign an executive order or two. But in the broad strokes of governance, Trump’s presidency is effectively over.
President Trump launched his latest attack against Twitter on Christmas Eve, accusing the company of "going wild with their flags" and "trying hard to suppress even the truth," referring to his continued baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
President Trump's last-minute opposition to a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill already passed by Congress threatens to derail the nation's economic recovery from the pandemic amid fresh signs that it's slowing.
Second stimulus check update: House to move forward on vote for $2,000 payment. Here’s the latest.
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
President Donald Trump called on Congress to approve $2,000 stimulus checks. Democrats teed up votes Thursday and Monday to do so.AP
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House Democrats, aligning themselves with President Donald Trump, plan to vote Monday on legislation increasing the direct payments in the coronavirus stimulus bill to $2,000 per person if Republicans block their efforts to pass it Thursday.
The checks would be more than three times the $600 approved by Congress in the stimulus package approved earlier this week.
House Democratic leaders will first plan to try to pass the higher payments Thursday through an unanimous consent procedure that requires every Republican to go along. If that fails, lawmakers will bring a separate bill to the floor on Monday.
House Republicans on Thursday blocked a last-minute attempt by Democrats to pass a bill increasing the size of the stimulus checks included in the $900 billion coronavirus relief package from $600 to $2,000 per adult.