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kentuck

(111,102 posts)
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 08:11 AM Dec 2020

Why did Trump all of a sudden change his mind about the $2000 payment? [View all]

As usual, it had to be about him.

Did he see that he was losing some support amongst the poor working class?

He has had Mnuchin working for him for months to get thru the election and keep the economy from crashing. He had stood on the sideline the entire time. He never got involved. But, it is a little much to think he did not know what Mnuchin was doing?

So now, he is putting pressure on McConnell and the Republicans to give everyone the $2000 dollar survival payment. He now says the $600 dollars negotiated is a disgrace.

So, why did he change his mind? Does he want to solidify his support among his poorest supporters or does he want to divide the Republicans, by threatening their re-election chances, in an attempt to bribe them into supporting his coup to overthrow an election?

Who knows?

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