President Trump golfs in Florida as Covid relief hangs in the balance
President Trump golfs in Florida as Covid relief hangs in the balance The president has demanded Congress increase pandemic relief checks to 2,000 dollarsdollars. President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and Covid relief hangs in the balance. Mr Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the holidays, had no events on his public schedule after throwing the future of a massive Covid relief and government funding bill into question. Failure to sign the bill, which arrived in Florida on Thursday night, could deny relief checks to millions of Americans on the brink and force a government shutdown in the midst of the pandemic. The White House declined to share details of the president’s schedule, though he played golf on Friday with South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally. White House spokesman Judd Deere said Mr Trump was briefed on the explosion in downtown Nashville early on Friday that authorities said appeared to be