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United States President Donald Trump has signed into law a massive $2.3 trillion spending bill that includes a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, averting a government shutdown and extending coronavirus aid to millions suffering from the economic impact of the pandemic.
It may be recalled that Trump initially refused to approve the legislation for days after receiving it. He had called the bill ‘a disgrace’. It was not immediately clear why Trump, who leaves office on January 20, finally decided to sign the bill into law. He had been under growing pressure from both sides of Congress to sign the bill.
“I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more,” Trump said in a statement.
In the statement, Trump said that as president it is his responsibility to protect the people of our country from the economic devastation and hardship that was caused by the “China virus”.
