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On Sunday, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed the law that will allow the distribution of economic aid to millions of people in danger from the coronavirus epidemic. The law was approved by Congress on December 21 after lengthy negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, but Trump later refused to sign it: He said that the $ 600 in aid provided to millions of people was too little and demanded that Congress elevated to $ 2,000 per person (an application rejected by his own party).
Another delay in the signing of the law would have created big problems, because millions of people would have lost the unemployment benefits that the law extended and many would have risked losing their homes: the law also extended a moratorium on evictions than otherwise so they would have expired. December 31st. The aid was also tied to the federal budget for next year: if the law had not been signed, the partial shutdown of the government (the so-called to turn off).
Trump, who is on vacation in Florida, did not explain why he suddenly changed his mind about the law and the White House did not provide an explanation. American newspapers write that the Republican party was putting a lot of pressure on Trump to sign the law and Trump in a statement released after the signing said he had asked Congress to continue working on the law to increase financial aid.
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