Fox Chris Wallace vs. Trump: Hard, but fair questions
(Sunday July 19, 2020: W/H
Patio)
Call this another Trump “Ho
Lee Sheet” moment for sure – the
story here from The Hill with this startling headline:
“Trump says he might not sign new coronavirus
relief bill without a payroll tax cut”
Trump said Sunday (July 19) that
he would consider not signing an upcoming coronavirus relief package if it doesn't
include a payroll tax cut when asked about the bill telling Fox’s Chris
Wallace: “I’ll have to see, but yeah, I
would consider not signing it if we don’t have a payroll tax cut.”
Trump insisted that “a lot of Republicans are in favor of a
payroll tax holiday,” though some Republicans have been cool to the proposal
since Trump floated it earlier this year. Democrats have opposed the idea
of a payroll tax cut.
At this point here is the whole 40-minute interview
video. Notice that Trump was sweating like he's in a pouring rain. Also, the video does have some very short Ads - sorry about that:
Trump on Fox with Wallace
Related to this new story is this remember when he signed the first relief bill on April
3, 2020 and reported on here from the Orlando Sentinel with
this headline:
“Congress’
coronavirus economic plan includes huge business tax breaks — some on profits
dating to 2013”
Trump has previously said
he wants to see a payroll tax cut in
the next coronavirus relief bill, and the White House
suggested last week that the measure was non-negotiable.
White House spokesman Judd
Deere said in a statement Thursday (July 16): “As he has done since the beginning of this pandemic, President Trump
wants to provide relief to hardworking Americans who have been impacted by this
virus and one way of doing that is with a payroll tax holiday. He’s called on
Congress to pass this before and he believes it must be part of any phase four
package.”
Lawmakers return to DC this week following the July 4 recess and are expected to begin
formal negotiations with the Trump administration on the next legislative
package to address the impact of the coronavirus.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is expected to spearhead negotiations with
Capitol Hill on behalf of the White House, with
help from White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Trump then went to say that the
next package also needed to include liability
protections for businesses that reopen, something
that Senate Republicans are expected to propose.
He told Chris Wallace: “We do need
protections because businesses are going to get sued just because somebody
walked in. You don’t know where this virus comes from. They’ll sit down at a
restaurant. They’ll sue the restaurant, the guy’s out of business. So, we do
need some kind of immunity.”
My 2 cents: Anything to please businesses – that is Trump’s trademark
for deal making … at this time I’d have to say that that savvy or smart … after
this pandemic is in the history books, okay, maybe but not now.
We see how hard
ball he plays as our death toll keeps on rising and people keep on hurting.
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