Reality-TV President's $2,000 Stimulus Cliffhanger Ends in a Bellyflop

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/reality-tv-president-trumps-dollar2000-stimulus-cliffhanger-ends-in-a-bellyflop?ref=scroll


Reality-TV President’s $2,000 Stimulus Cliffhanger Ends in a Bellyflop
TV HOST PRESIDENT
The problem with being governed by a man who is completely motivated by quid pro quos is that when he doesn’t get his quo he quits.
Molly Jong-Fast, Editor-At-Large
Updated Dec. 28, 2020 7:50AM ET / Published Dec. 28, 2020 5:03AM ET

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The problem with being governed by a president who is completely motivated by quid pro quos is that when he doesn’t get his quo he quits, or at least throws tantrums threatening to do so. Congratulations, Trump, for doing the bare minimum, late enough that people already on the edge lost a precious week of pandemic-related unemployment benefits. Perhaps electing a public servant who is completely uninterested in serving the public was a mistake.

When Trump’s old foe, Ed Koch, lost his bid for a fourth term as mayor of New York City, he famously cracked that “the people have spoken and now they must be punished,” meaning that New Yorkers would find out the hard way what they’d lost without him as mayor. Trump, on the other hand, isn’t talking about how citizens would be hurt without him as president but is punishing citizens himself, while he’s still in power, for having had the nerve to vote him out.

Trump has another 22 days left in office. He averted a government shutdown that he almost created. The entire government will not shutter on Tuesday and Steve Mnuchin has sort of salvaged what remained of his credibility, for what that’s worth. Insult to injury, the White House’s public schedule continues to include this strangely hostile and completely inaccurate guidance: “As the Holiday season approaches, President Trump will continue to work tirelessly for the American People.” That’s one way to describe tweets and golf.

Does Trump deserve credit for avoiding the shutdown he almost caused? He wanted a cliffhanger, and he got one, keeping us guessing until the very end because that’s what you get when you make a reality television host president. And while Trump may have won the news cycle yet again, the Americans have lost—because we always do with Trump.

[doc03]

1. I am confused are we getting $600? Now that the POS signed the bill can the Senate

vote to increase it to $2000 or is it a done deal? If the Senate can vote to increase it to $2000 will the Republicans
vote for it? If the Senate does vote for the $2000 Trump will be be a hero, how is that bad for Trump or Republicans?

[babylonsister]

2. $600 is approved.

The Dems are bringing $2K to the floor for approval, not iq45, so don't think that makes him a hero.

[doc03]

4. I know it will pass the House but will Moscow Mitch let the Senate vote

and if they do is there a chance of republicans passing it?

[babylonsister]

12. That's the question of the week. nt

[Walleye]

5. He's desperate to get his name on those checks

[Hugin]

6. Is that $2000 part of the omnibus spending bill?

Because if that wasn't passed the govt will shut down rendering the COVID relief bill moot.

[babylonsister]

11. No, stand-alone afaik. nt

[Hugin]

3. I'm lost in the shell game too, doc.

I thought that the only thing signed last night was the COVID relief bill which had been peeled out of the larger omnibus spending bill.

The NDAA (aka omnibus) bill had been passed earlier in the week with veto less votes, but, there was a problem that there weren't enough days left in this Congress for it to automatically come into effect and THAT is what Congress is going to be working on today.

[doc03]

8. I have been watching MSNBC, CNN and reading posts on

DU and it as clear as mud.

[Hugin]

9. This link MIGHT help a little.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/

I used to go there all of the time to track legislation. It has been so broken under Moscow Mitch's negligent eye, I had forgotten about it.

It's a first hand tracker of the current and proposed bills.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Or, as the Variety headline might read: Hix Nix Trump Trix. nt

[Chainfire]

10. It was all about the optics

Our dearly beloved President fought the good battle to bring us $2,000.00 but was foiled again by the dastardly professional politicians.
Pelosi was about to make the Republican's put up or shut up, so the game had to end.

It was all circus.

[Blue Owl]

13. The nation got a Neptune's Kiss when that turd hit the bowl