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Future US President Joe Biden has warned of “catastrophic consequences” if outgoing incumbent Donald Trump continues to block a huge aid package from the crown of Congress. Trump refused to sign the roughly $ 900 billion (€ 740 billion) package. It asks for direct payments to citizens that are higher than what is foreseen in it.
As long as Trump stands up, no aid will be paid. Therefore, Biden accused the loser of the election of “irresponsibility.” According to US media reports, millions of unemployed Americans already lost aid on Saturday because Trump refused to accept the package.
The Corona aid package is tied to a new budget law. If it does not go into effect, there is a threat that federal authorities will close at midnight (local time) on Monday. Biden warned that military salaries were also at risk. In addition, the tenants were threatened with evictions. In the American media, experts warned of hunger, bankruptcies and rising suicide rates. “Republicans have to stop gambling while Americans are starving,” Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Twitter.
Trump wants $ 2,000 instead of $ 600 for each citizen
The United States Congress had already launched a gigantic economic program in March. At a volume of $ 2.2 trillion, it was the largest aid package in American history. Funding was increased in April.
Trump reiterated his opposition to Parliament’s current budget decision on Saturday. Trump wrote on short message service Twitter that he wanted the “great citizens” to each receive a special payment of $ 2,000. The bipartisan law only provides for a “measly” sum of $ 600.
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had negotiated the aid package and promised payments for the next week. Trump himself had barely been involved in the negotiations and so far has not shown any concrete way of how direct payments could be increased rapidly. Democrats support Trump’s request, but Republicans in Congress do not, so there is a risk of further deadlock.
United States hit particularly hard by the crown crisis
However, Congress can override Trump’s veto and thus clear the way for the aid package with lower direct payments. This requires two-thirds majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
It is almost unprecedented in the United States for a president to veto a law that was passed by a large majority in both houses of parliament. On Wednesday, Trump had also vetoed the defense budget approved by Congress.
Biden warned that the loser’s opposition to the budget decisions meant “small businesses will not survive this harsh winter.” Citizens depend on payments “as soon as possible” to deal with the devastating effects of the crown crisis.
The United States has been particularly hard hit by the corona pandemic. More than 18.9 million people have been infected with the pathogen Sars-Cov-2 since the beginning of the pandemic, and more than 331,900 people have died in relation to or with the coronavirus, and therefore around every thousandth inhabitant .
