- Wow,
I did not see that coming.
All right, we gotta give him some credit.
Like he is leaving office just the way that he came in.
He is dropping some bombs, stirring the pot
getting people to talk.
And,
even to the point where you got Nancy Pelosi,
actually like, supporting him and re-tweeting him?
Like, what has it come down to?
So,
last night, I sorta just checked out of media,
just took some time off, and getting back in and realizing,
"Oh, wow, look at this."
We went from this COVID relief package
offering a whopping $600,
as a stimulus check for Americans that have,
or struggle with unemployment,
struggling, you know, with the pandemic.
And after however many months, that's the only thing
that Congress can come up with.
And now last night on Twitter President Trump,
shared his thoughts and basically what he's going to do,
and I'm sure you probably heard, but if not, check this out.
So this is what is going on.
President Trump last night saying
that he is not going to basically sign
this new COVID relief bill.
And he is wanting $2,000 for individuals,
4,000 for married couples.
And this is actually interesting
because, it's, and I think I forgot where I read this,
I don't know if it was in the post or somewhere,
where he was saying that he didn't agree with the $600,
like he didn't like it.
But his people, his aides, stepped in and didn't want him
to get involved because the fear was that it would prohibit
or just slow down negotiations, that, you know the House
and the Senate were trying to work out.
So he, you know, he, I guess, took a step back,
let them come up with this COVID relief bill,
and now he's coming back and saying,
"All right, this is the best they can do?
I do not agree."
And then he actually went on Twitter
and shared his thoughts.
And you can actually see right here,
even Nancy Pelosi in her own words,
I mean this is her tweet.
"Republicans repeatedly refused to say what amount
the president wanted for direct checks.
At least the president, I mean, at least the president
has agreed to $2,000.
Democrats are ready to bring this to the floor this week
by unanimous consent.
Let's do it."
And in case you missed what President Trump had to say,
here is a brief recording.
- In an effort to advance their extreme left wing agenda
and influence the election.
Then a few months ago, Congress started negotiations
on a new package to get urgently needed help
to the American people, it's taken forever.
However,
the bill they are now planning to send back to my desk,
is much different than anticipated.
It really is a disgrace.
For example, among the more than 5,000 pages in this bill,
which nobody in Congress has read because of its length
and complexity, it's called the COVID relief bill,
but it has almost nothing to do with COVID.
This bill contains $85.5 million for assistance to Cambodia,
$134 million.
- And this was obviously not just my frustration
with this COVID relief bill,
I had people blowing up my phone, blowing up my email,
DMs, telling me like, "Did you see like everything
that's in here?
Like, they've been working on this for months
and $600 is all they're going to get for Americans,
for everybody that's struggling right now?"
But then you look at everything else that is included,
and there are several tweets out there.
I've seen this all over,
here's one that I just found pretty quick.
Make sure you can see it on my screen.
You know domestic funding,
26 million for the Kennedy Center,
1 billion for the Smithsonian.
And you can see the list.
Foreign countries, Egypt, 1.3 billion, Sudan, all of these.
And then there at the very bottom,
(murmurs) you can't see it?
Let me minimize my screen, which you already know it.
Where is it?
There it is 600 bucks. (laughing)
$600,
is what you all are going to get.
And like, it's just a, another slap in the face of,
"Oh we're working hard for the Americans,
we're working hard for our people."
And this is the best we could come up with?
So like, what does this really mean?
Obviously this is not past, you know, he is saying
that he's not going to sign, which is a big deal,
as far as like, this will, could impact,
because I think it was Mnuchin was saying
that checks could be potentially going out
next week, here soon.
But obviously that Trump doesn't sign,
you know, then what are the options?
Like then what is going?
So this is what we are looking
at if President Trump refuses to sign.
Cause so right now, with Congress getting ready to convene
for the break, so I'll go ahead and highlight this,
I'll have a link to this article
that you can also read, but it says,
you know, "But Mr. Trump's potential refusal to sign
the current bill could have dire consequences,
particularly if Congress is not able to convene
to override a possible veto until after Christmas.
The bill renewed relief provisions set to expire
at the end of the month, such as, dah, dah, dah.
So basically, for those that maybe were,
and for me
and you tell me if this is also the case for you,
but like, $600,
like, yes, there're a lot of people that could use $600.
But the reality is like, that's it?
You know like I think people are gonna like, "Whatever."
Like $600 checks is gonna help
but, it's not like they are just waiting
and can't wait any longer to get the money.
So if it's a difference of like getting $600
or potentially more, I think most people would agree
that they would rather wait,
even if it takes another week or two to get more.
Now, this is all just a big political,
(laughing)
I don't even have the word to describe what this is.
Especially like right now before Christmas,
It's like, "Man, can you just like mess with us even more?"
Let's see how this plays out, I'm really curious.
There's gonna be a lot of back and forth.
And I do see a lot more talks happening after Christmas,
because right now it is December 23rd,
tomorrow's Christmas Eve.
So I don't see a lot getting done before then.
And I also, based off this I do not see the $600 checks
going out next week either.
But man, this is, you talk about development,
latest development, I mean, this just continues
to be a, I don't wanna say a joke,
but it's just like, dear Lord, just somebody
get their act together and get it done.
Anyway, I know I can go off on a complete tangent.
I'll have more updates as they come.
Just wanna make sure I got this to you.
I'll have all this information in the script,
you wanna check it out.
Let me know your comments below what you think.
Do you actually, even if you're not a Trump supporter,
gosh,
like,
(laughing)
you know the guy has definitely said a lot of things
and done a lot of things,
but I do wanna give him some credit,
like, I'm glad that he's speaking up and realizing.
And whether this is just a show
to maybe to get some ratings for a new reality show
after his presidency ends, either way give him credit
for sticking up and doing the right thing.
All right y'all, until next time.
This is Jeff Rose, reminding you that it's your money,
it's your life, and only you can make it awesome.
Until next time, peace.