- President flies to Florida after throwing party ‘under a bus’
- Democrats seize chance to push for $2,000 payments
- Has Donald Trump finally split the Republican party?
Donald Trump went to his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, after claiming to be “working tirelessly for the American people” with a schedule that included “many meetings and calls”. Back in Washington, a Democratic proposal to increase direct payments to Americans under the Covid relief bill, from $600 to $2,000, was blocked.
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