Center for American Progress

COVID-19 second stimulus package standoff highlights Trump’s flawed economic agenda
In the News

COVID-19 second stimulus package standoff highlights Trump’s flawed economic agenda

Amid stalled negotiations on a second COVID-19 stimulus package, Brian Katulis and Aaron Klein discuss how President Trump's governing agenda guts America's global competitiveness.

The midsummer standoff in Washington over the next round of coronavirus stimulus takes place in the shadow of two grim realities: a rising tide of coronavirus infections and deaths and the news that America suffered the worst quarter in its economic history this spring.

The protracted negotiations over this latest stimulus came more than two months after the House passed a plan to help America’s workers and state and local governments. The delay and the Trump administration’s negotiating positions reveal yet again that President Donald Trump’s economic agenda is corporatist, not populist, and that his governing agenda guts America’s global competitiveness, harming our ability to compete against countries like China.

The above excerpt was originally published in NBC News. Click here to view the full article.

The positions of American Progress, and our policy experts, are independent, and the findings and conclusions presented are those of American Progress alone. A full list of supporters is available here. American Progress would like to acknowledge the many generous supporters who make our work possible.

Authors

 (Brian Katulis)

Brian Katulis

Former Senior Fellow

Aaron Klein