Trump just tweeted the clearest sign yet that $1,200 stimulus checks could be coming soon

[Andy Meek]

• President Trump stunned everyone on Tuesday, when he tweeted that he's asked his negotiators to halt all talks toward agreement on a new stimulus bill.
• Officials in Washington and Wall Street alike expressed alarm at this move, coming as it days less than a month before Election Day 2020 and still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that's resulted in millions of Americans losing their jobs.
• Later in the evening on Tuesday, Trump surprised everyone again, tweeting a bit of an about-face -- clarifying that he's actually in support of approving new $1,200 stimulus checks right now.

Anyone on Tuesday who was trying to follow one of the big will-they-or-won't-they storylines that's been playing out in the nation's capital for two months now -- the maddening negotiations over a new coronavirus stimulus bill that includes funding for more $1,200 stimulus checks -- was likely flummoxed by the end of the day.

There'd been breathless coverage and social media reporting for about a week or so now, announcing each time that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had decided to chat on the phone. Because that's what the legislative process has devolved into, the imperative that these two individuals must come to an understanding for anything to happen -- else, no negotiations in Congress, no vote, and no new stimulus deal. Back and forth that's gone for days now. One calls the other, then the process is reversed. Finally, on Tuesday, President Trump belly-flopped squarely into the middle of the negotiations, tweeting that he's decided to call off his negotiators and that the only way a stimulus deal will get done is after he wins re-election in November.

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