You have to hand it to him. He thinks long term. Chess, not checkers.
Trump has democrats in a major pickle. It was a major league set up.
Chief Justice John Roberts has been a disappointment to say the east. You will remember that Roberts went out of his way to help pass obamacare. He suggested that it be called a tax instead of a mandate. Trump decided to use that as a tool. He attempted by Executive Order to remove DACA, which was instituted not by Congress, but by Executive Order. SCOTUS refused to allow an EO by one President to be vacated by a successor President.
You will also remember that DACA was magically created and funded by EO. DACA stands despite being unconstitutional in nature.
The precedent was set.
Negotiations to continue Wuhan virus relief have been fruitless as democrats have been demanding all sorts of unrelated expenses, such as reparations, be added.
Trump warned them he would act via Executive Action and Saturday he did just that.
President Trump signed four executive actions Saturday aimed at delivering relief to Americans struggling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic while accusing Democrats of stonewalling greater aid efforts.
Trump announced a $400-per-week supplemental unemployment payment to out-of-work Americans — short of the $600 weekly benefit that expired at the end of July. He unveiled an extension of student loan relief and protections from evictions for renters and homeowners.
Trump also issued a payroll tax holiday through the end of the year for Americans earning less than $100,000, while promising more relief if he wins a second term.
This is where the fun begins.
democrats played their usual stall game. This time it failed. Chris Wallace, the frequently disappointing left winger on Fox, put it to Pelosi
“Won’t millions of Americans now get some extended federal unemployment relief and some protections for evictions—get that now rather than nothing at all?”
And then really got under her skin
“Didn’t you mess this one up?”
She was taken aback
“Clearly, you don’t have an understanding of what is happening here,”
Trump did the right thing for the country. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin warned democrats about challenging the EO:
“We’ve cleared with the Office of Legal Counsel all these actions,” Mnuchin told Wallace. “If the Democrats want to challenge us in court and hold up unemployment benefits to those hardworking Americans that are out of a job because of COVID, they’re going to have a lot of explaining to do.”
dems have signaled that they intend to challenge Trump’s EO.
This is a no lose situation for Trump.
First, there is precedent for a President creating unfunded programs as we noted above.
Second, SCOTUS made killing off such a program about impossible.
Third, democrats are now in the position of acting to halting this action to the American people as we near an election. Their efforts to stop this EO will make them look positively evil. They will be in the amusing position to explain why they are so hot to stop badly needed aid to the country.
You can tell how good this plan was by watching Schumer and Pelosi sputter and blather.
I can’t wait to see the ads.
Trump also has a pen and a phone. Expect a deal promptly.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.