Double-Dealing Donald: Trump Backs Out of Coronavirus Response Deal with Pelosi
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Obama’s head of Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA, who remains well-connected in the Beltway, has sent out a series of Code Reds via Twitter:
NEW: At 7 am Eastern Mnuchin, on behalf of Trump, pulled out of the agreement they had reached at 4 am to provide relief for Americans impacted by the Coronavirus. The package was the right thing.
He now wants more things Pelosi won’t agree to. I don’t know what they are.
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 13, 2020
The package includes:
Family and medical leave
SNAP
More desperately needed Medicaid $ for states
Unemployment insurance— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 13, 2020
The package includes:
Family and medical leave
SNAP
More desperately needed Medicaid $ for states
Unemployment insurance— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 13, 2020
Sound familiar? Does anyone else see a pattern of Trump making a deal, followed by a last-minute pull-out with the assumption that he has some sort of leverage? After all, what comes first in his head, sick and dying Americans or Donald Trump?
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