Trump Calls Off Coronavirus Relief Talks With Democrats
By Reuters
October 07, 2020 03:26 am
“Here in the U.S. our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy," The New England Journal of Medicine says. (Photo : Tia Dufour/The White House/Handout via REUTERS)
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called off negotiations with Democratic lawmakers on coronavirus relief legislation until after the election, even as cases of the virus are on the rise across much of the country before flu season.
"I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," Trump wrote on Twitter a day after emerging from a hospital stay for COVID-19 treatment.
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