The US President Donald Trump criticized and refused to sign the new law on supporting the economy : in his opinion, the volume of coronavirus aid to Americans – checks of $ 600 each – is shamefully small against the background of large spending on foreign aid. He posted a video of his speech on Twitter .
For several minutes, the President listed the recipients of US foreign aid and various areas in which, according to the project, the money will go – including museums in Washington, fishing and support for illegal migrants. He then lamented that “the hard-working taxpayers will only get $ 600 each,” and that not enough money is being allocated to help small businesses.
“Congress has enough money for foreign states, lobbyists and special needs, but it sends as little as possible to ordinary Americans who need them. They are not to blame for the pandemic, China is to blame for it,” Trump said. He ended his speech by urging lawmakers to raise payments to $ 2,000.
The project to stimulate the economy worth more than $ 900 billion was previously approved by the Congress. For a long time, Democrats and Republicans could not agree on a new package. Newly elected US President Joe Biden said that the first thing he would do was to fight the coronavirus epidemic – vaccinations and economic recovery.
Now the United States is ahead of all other countries in the number of cases: the country has recorded more than 18.2 million cases and over 322 thousand deaths.