US President Donald Trump’s
abrupt decision to end talks with Democrats over COVID-19 Stimulus 2, has
earned him the rebuke of poll challenger, Joe Biden.
“The president turned his back on
you,” Biden said in a Twitter post on Trump’s decision.
Biden was not the only person who
whipped Trump for his action.
Congressional Democrats and some
Republicans also felt same way.
They said more was needed to help
the millions who have lost their jobs in a health crisis in which the United
States leads the world in deaths and infections.
“Today, once again, President
Trump showed his true colors: putting himself first at the expense of the
country,” Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
“The White House is in complete disarray, ”
she added.
Republican Senator Susan Collins,
in a tight re-election battle in Maine, called Trump’s decision to end the
talks a “huge mistake.”
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, a Republican, who hardly criticises Trump, said he agreed with
Trump’s decision.
He told reporters that “his view
was that they were not going to produce a result and we need to concentrate on
what’s achievable.”
In his first major policy
pronouncement since returning to the White House, Trump abruptly 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.
“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.
The tweet spooked Wall Street,
sending stocks down as much as 2% from their session highs, a serious hit at
one of the metrics that the Republican president has held up as a sign of
success.
Despite Trump’s bravado, support
for Biden has grown by about 4 percentage points since mid-September, according
to Reuters/Ipsos polling from Friday to Tuesday, with 52% of likely voters
backing Biden versus 40% for Trump.
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