United States (US) Presidential candidate Joe Biden
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Trump ‘turned his back’ on Americans, says Joe Biden
President of the United States (US) Donald Trump announced he would be putting the COVID-19 relief package talks on hold, only until after he wins the elections in November
United States (US) Presidential candidate Joe Biden
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Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has launched yet another scathing attack on his political rival, United States’ (US) President Donald Trump, after he decided to put the brakes on negotiations for a COVID-19 relief bill.
Biden has laid into Trump, accusing him of turning his back on citizens.
“Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that — none of it — matters to him. There will be no help from Washington for the foreseeable future,”he said.
Instead, Biden says Trump rather wants the Senate to use it’s time to confirm his Supreme Court Justice nominee before the election on 3 November 2020.
The US COVID-19 relief package
House Democrats have introduced a $2.4 trillion stimulus package to help the country cushion the blow dealt, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, of which the US is the epicentre.
Both Republicans and Democrats have butted heads over the package, with the Trump administration refusing to budge over the initial $1.3 trillion. House speaker Nancy Pelosi had repeatedly called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to add another $1 trillion to the plan.
Without giving reasons, Trump took to Twitter to announce he was halting the negotiations until only after the election.
“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 tweeted.
Biden said the president failed to finalise a deal that would benefit the working class as well as small businesses.
“Worse yet, he never even really tried to get a deal for these Americans. Not once did he bring Republicans and Democrats together in the Oval Office, on the phone, or by Zoom, to get a relief package that would help working people and small businesses in this country. Not once in the months since the House passed a relief package in May has he stepped up to lead,” he further said.
Millions of Americans and businesses have taken a battering after the COVID-19 pandemic led to economic activity to be put on hold.
