“So how does this end? That’s a damn good question. No one knows. Some say Trump is in burn-it-down mode and is more than willing to veto the Covid relief/funding package, ending his presidency in a lengthy shutdown, with bluster and crisis. Others say he’s not explicitly threatening a veto, and everyone should calm down. Who cares what these people say, at this point. We’re not convinced anyone has any idea what the president is doing or what goal he’s driving toward.”
“He’s in the midst of blowing up a package his White House said he’d sign over provisions the administration proposed (the foreign funding matches the president’s request, as CNN’s Kevin Liptak points out, via Phil Mattingly) and designed (the $600 checks were A-OK with them until Tuesday). Maybe he comes out today en route to Florida and says he was just kidding – but maybe not, and he’s not running a corner store, he’s running the world’s most important country in the middle of a pandemic, so we can’t work with maybes” – Politico.