Better than anyone · First term · № 39
'Nobody knows the deal better than I do' on stalled COVID relief
“When it's right—nobody knows the deal better than I do. When it's right, I'll meet. But right now it's not right.”
- Said
- , News conference, Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey
- Subject
- the coronavirus relief deal
- Topic
- Economy & prices
- Era
- First term
What the record showed
Trump was explaining why he would not meet Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer on a second relief package, saying Democrats wanted 'a trillion dollars to bail out badly run States.' No deal was reached until Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 in late December 2020 with $600 payments per adult. On December 27, 2020 Trump said he would sign it while demanding $2,000 checks and promising 'Much more money is coming'; the payments stayed at $600.