Donald Trump will have liked to play scary until the end. Pressed to ratify an aid plan of 900 billion dollars (737 billion euros) on which Democrats and Republicans had finally agreed after months of negotiations, the American president had threatened for a few days to oppose it its veto. In question, the insufficient amount of the check provided for each American: 600 dollars – Donald Trump claimed three times more.
Sunday, December 27, on his golf course in Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the billionaire did not seem in a hurry to put an end to the suspense, while the American economy is at the end of its rope, hard hit since the start of the pandemic. The turnaround came, as always, from the president’s Twitter account, promising in the evening ” good news “.
Good news on Covid Relief Bill. Information to follow!
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Cornered in the face of pressure from parliamentarians of all political stripes, Donald Trump therefore finally ratified the Congress plan, which grants aid to households and small businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I ratify this legislation to restore unemployment benefits, stop (rental) evictions, provide assistance to donors, add additional funds to the business loan program, allow airline employees to return to work and give substantial additional funds for the distribution of vaccines ”Mr. Trump said in a statement.
First consequence: unemployment benefits, suspended since midnight Saturday for 12 million worried Americans, will be able to be paid. The new stimulus plan extends these federal aid paid to the unemployed until mid-March.
It also grants guaranteed loans to businesses, provides billions of dollars in aid to SMEs, catering companies, hotels, air transport, and extends the moratorium prohibiting the evictions of people unable to pay their rent, suspends foreclosures and provides funds for the distribution of anti-Covid-19 vaccines.
The tenant of the White House has also signed the federal state financing law, which will prevent a shutdown of public services.
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