Trump urges Congress to amend ‘wasteful’ Covid relief bill

Washington, Dec 23 : US President Trump has urged the Congress to amend a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill to more than triple its stimulus payments to Americans.
In a video message posted on Twitter, he said the package “really is a disgrace”, full of “wasteful” items, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
“It’s called the Covid relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with Covid,” he said.
The $900 billion bill includes one-off $600 payments to most Americans but Trump said the figure should be $2,000.
The Republican president, who leaves office on January 20, had been expected to sign the sprawling legislation into law following its passage through Congress on Monday night.
But in Tuesday night’s message from the White House, Trump baulked at spending in the bill on other countries, arguing that this money should go to struggling Americans.