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Despite his family’s obvious affinity for Christmas in the White House, Donald Trump has chosen to spend his final Christmas season as president in Florida in Mar a Lago, the so-called “Winter White House” to which he retires with often when it’s time to do an important presidency.
Under normal circumstances, this in itself wouldn’t be so noteworthy. Presidents frequently take time off during the holidays (or, at least, lighten their usually hectic schedules as much as their office responsibilities allow) and Trump is not the first executive to spend Christmas outside of Washington. But these are not normal circumstances, and despite the statement that “during the holiday season, President Trump will continue to work tirelessly for the American people,” the president instead spends his time relaxing with his friends, even as perhaps the most important legislation of the year awaits his signature.
Around 10 a.m. on Christmas morning, President Trump hit the links, marking the second time in so many days that he has gone golfing at his Florida resort instead of attending the “many meetings and calls” promised at his Official White House schedule of the day. Joining Trump was critical-converted-enabler Senator Lindsey Graham, who a few days earlier United the president in demanding that the softly negotiated COVID relief bill be increased to include $ 2,000 direct paychecks, instead of the agreed $ 600.
In fact, both the president seems so committed to increasing the amount of direct payment (largely despite objections from his own party, which bombarded the Democrats’ attempt to do just that) who is deliberately ignoring the existing COVID relief bill that your own White House helped negotiate that simply needs your signature to send the public insignificant, but better than nothing, checks for $ 600. The fact that Trump is in Florida and not in the House Blanca is also not an obstacle to making sure the checks go out: the physical and paper copy of the bill was literally sent to Mar a Lago on Thursday night, where it is in limbo. between becoming law or vetoing into oblivion.
Either way, the president’s conspicuous decision to spend his time playing golf with friends rather than tackling the very real, and time-sensitive legislation that crossed state lines just for his sake is the perfect summary of what Trump’s last four years The administration has been about: selfishness at everyone else’s expense.
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