Wow, ok, Pres Trump is asking Congress to come back and amend the COVID relief/Omnibus spending bill

[demmiblue]

Wow, ok, Pres Trump is asking Congress to come back and amend the COVID relief/Omnibus spending bill:

"I am asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple," he says.

Link to tweet

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[Harker]

1. He needs the cash. n/t

[Guilded Lilly]

28. My very first thought.

[Blue_true]

38. Or he is trying to set a trap for Democrats in Congress.

Like “keep me as president or you get nothing”. I agree with the base issue that he framed, but I don’t trust him to be sincere about it, there is something that is hidden.

[OnDoutside]

2. Oh, there's an opportunity here for Democrats, if they move quickly.

[TeamPooka]

3. could have done this a week ago, or three

[Thomas Hurt]

4. there is a reason for using the term lame duck...

and asking them to come back two days before xmas....ROFLMAO.

[nolabear]

5. Hoo boy. He wants a lot of amendments apparently.

This is going to be interesting.

[Blue_true]

36. That is my concern.

He lure Congress back for a single issue, then he starts making demands that he now has hidden, like handing him the presidency for four more years.

[msongs]

6. trying buy back his election results for 2K, or 4K, or whatever it takes lol nt

[pecosbob]

7. He probably wants to insert more language tying the next administration's hands

or re-insert corporate immunity to litigation for reckless COVID-19 deaths.

[mucifer]

8. he wants to be sure the deplorables keep groveling at his feet

[FirstLight]

9. I'm not looking a gift horse in the ...

Shit, if the House wanna use this as an excuse to up the amount, I'm down!

[bluestarone]

10. Gotta be SENATE first

No bullshit add-ons!!

[Laelth]

11. He's CAPABLE of being decent once every year or so.

Doesn’t make up for him being an ass 364 out of every 365 days.

Still ... I will be very pleased if Republicans in Congress actually vote for the increased stimulus he has proposed.

-Laelth

[Caliman73]

30. I don't think it is decency.

Decency occurs when there is not really any gain for the person doing the act. This is all self serving. Trump wants to buy popularity, or for his public image to be bolstered, or for this call to be used to get supporters to yell about his generosity.

There isn't any altruism at all in this call.

I agree that if this can be used by Democrats to increase the amount, it would be a good outcome, and I would grudgingly give Trump credit, if even for selfish purposes some good came of it.

[Blue_true]

40. Bingo. nt

[dawg]

31. Republicans won't be willing to vote for one dollar more.

Trump's just being an asshole, and potentially delaying what little help we are likely to receive.

[Laelth]

47. Perhaps. n/t

-Laelth

[unitedwethrive]

37. Oh no, he still doesn't care about anyone but himself. He just thinks this makes him look better

and is starting to be concerned about his post-presidential legacy. (He wants to tell all those MAGAts that he 'fought' for them...before he asks them for more money for god knows what.) He also knows that the congressional and senate repubs will never go for such a large stimulus bill, so he can ask for the moon with no worries.

[Blue_true]

39. I believe that he has a trick planned, and it won't be good for democracy.

I do agree that the amount is too small though.

[jcgoldie]

46. No he isn't

This has zero to do with Trump being decent. He don't give a fuck. He don't give a fuck if every American is evicted tomorrow. This has to do with the exact same thing EVERYTHING Trump has done for 4 years has to do with... making it all about TRUMP. Attention Whore. All he does is attention whore. That's it.

[underpants]

12. We went on the air for this?

[Zoonart]

13. Throwing snickers bars off the parade float while

pouring sugar in the gas tank. He knows this will F-up the entire deal and keep it from happening before people go off the cliff.

meanwhile... he masquerades as the "Good guy" because he is advocating for more money.

Typical malignant narcissist shit. Holding out the treat with one hand, while he has the knife the other behind his back.

[Blue_true]

44. I agree with you.

With that narcissist, we need to worry about what he is hiding with this latest ploy.

[KewlKat]

14. Where was the Muther F*cker the past how many months while we tried to get this moving and approved?

Now he want's to do the right thing? What an evil ba$$tard he is....E V I L.

[Blue_true]

43. To his credit, he did talk about a larger check months ago.

While suggesting the $300 per week unemployment check. It was a campaign ploy, he did nothing to fight McConnell and republicans to get more.

[octoberlib]

15. It's partly about those Georgia Senate races

[dweller]

16. well, that's gonna

any chance of seeing a dime before the year is out ... maybe even bring about a government shutdown ...

Everything fatnixon touches dies ...

✌🏻

[Kablooie]

17. He can be very generous if he can buy his next presidency with someone else's money.

[gibraltar72]

18. What a guy!!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. The Constitution provides only two options for the president at this point:

1. Sign the bill into law.

2. Veto it.

There's no provision for the president to recall Congress to amend the bill to his liking. Basically, what he wants is a line-item veto, which is illegal. He wants another check with his signature on it, only bigger than the last one so he can brag about what a great president he is.

[blogslut]

20. He's such a classic abuser

Showing up with a bouquet of roses right before the bruises turn purple.

[dawg]

21. The House should immediately pass just such a revised bill.

Just substitute "$2,000" for "$600". No other changes.

Let McConnell have fun being the bad guy.

[dawg]

45. Oh wow!

Nancy just went there!!!

[Baclava]

22. Make it $10,000! Thats a lot of votes in 2024, lol

[PSPS]

23. Moscow Mitch told him that $600 won't buy him the Georgia senate seats.

[dawg]

29. Oh, I promise you that Mitch isn't loving this.

[paleotn]

24. Not going to work, Donnie....

You lost. Get use to it. Oh....and Letitia James called. She's looking for you.

[Irish_Dem]

25. He certainly isn't doing it because he cares about the American people.

He is doing it for self serving reasons.

[consider_this]

26. Did you all catch the end of that!?

he says
"...and to send me a suitable bill, or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package, and maybe that administration will be me. And we get it done."

That is his goal/point on every thing and every occasion that he utters anything.

JFC

[PoliticAverse]

27. This guy just operates at a different level. n/t

[dhill926]

32. um...you still lost the election, asshole...

nice try tho...

[Flaleftist]

33. He tried to kill the ACA. He doesn't give a shit about Americans.

This is about his doomed attempt to stay in power.

[trof]

34. He is absolutely bonkers.

[Blue_true]

35. For once I agree with him.

Unemployed people should get both the stimulus and unemployment, so their first check should be $900 under the current plan. People that qualify for only stimulus should get a single check that is 4x what the weekly federal unemployment benefit will be, under the current plan, their check would be $1,200 and unemployed people would then get a first check of $1500, followed by $300 per week until they find a job. I actually like Mark Cuban’s suggestion more, every adult American should get a weekly check until we are cleanly out of the mess that we are in, although I would peg the size of the check to how much a person earns, if employed. The base check should be a weekly amount equal to the annualized median income of Americans, the amount would start to decrease for people earning over $120,000 per year. I believe Cuban wanted a $1,000 per week check, I would go with $700 per week, that would start to decrease for employed people making over $120,000 per year, but would only go to zero for really big earners.

[smirkymonkey]

41. Have you ever seen anyone more desperate in your life?

He will do or say anything to get what he wants or to manipulate people. But as we all well know, he is completely full of shit.

The only thing that can't get here faster than January 20th is his complete mentally and physcally incapacitating breakdown.

We really need a Christmas miracle here.

[helpisontheway]

42. Probably trying to make it fail..He know the Republicans in the senate will not agree. Nt