Name: 特朗普簽署疫情援助和支出法案 (Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill)
Uploaded: 2020-12-30T18:40:21.000Z
Duration: 1 min 48 s

President Donald Trump signed the $900 billion pandemic aid bill on Sunday alongside a spending package, a sudden reversal after he bashed the bill and called it a disgrace.

美國總統唐納德-特朗普週日在簽署支出方案的同時簽署了9000億美元的流行病援助法案，這是他在抨擊該法案並稱其為恥辱之後的突然逆轉。

It restores unemployment benefits for millions of Americans who lost their jobs amid the pandemic and stops a partial government shutdown.

它恢復了數百萬在流行病中失去工作的美國人的失業福利，並阻止了政府的部分關閉。

Early Sunday evening, the Republican president tweeted a cryptic message.

週日傍晚，共和黨總統在推特上發佈了一條神祕的消息。

Good news on co vid relief bill information to follow.

co vid救濟法案資訊的好消息，後續。

It's not immediately clear why Trump changed his mind.

目前還不清楚特朗普為何改變主意。

Last week, he demanded that Congress increased direct aid payments to Americans from 600 to $2000 and slash other spending included in the bill.

上週，他要求國會將對美國人的直接援助付款從600美元增加到2000美元，並削減法案中包含的其他支出。

Democrats were poised to increase the stimulus checks to Trump's proposed amount, but many Republicans refused to back the idea.

民主黨人準備將刺激經濟的支票增加到特朗普提議的數額，但許多共和黨人拒絕支持這一想法。

Hours before the news broke, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Pat Toomey told Fox News that Trump wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but the danger is he'll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior.

在消息傳出前幾個小時，賓夕法尼亞州共和黨參議員帕特-圖米對福克斯新聞說，特朗普希望因倡導大額支票而被記住，但危險的是他將因混亂和痛苦以及反覆無常的行為而被記住。

A source familiar with the situation told Reuters that his advisers urged him to sign the bill because there was no point in refusing, even though Trump has agreed to sign the bill.

一位熟悉情況的消息人士告訴路透社，他的顧問敦促他簽署該法案，因為即使特朗普已經同意簽署該法案，也沒有必要拒絕。

He tried to put the best face on his reversal, saying he was signing it with a strong message that makes clear to Congress that wasteful items need to be removed.

他試圖把最好的面孔放在他的逆轉上，說他正在簽署它的強烈資訊，讓國會清楚地看到，浪費的項目需要被刪除。

S House plan to vote on Monday to increase the relief check amount, but it would still need to pass through the Republican controlled Senate.

S眾議院計劃在週一投票增加救濟支票金額，但它仍然需要通過共和黨控制的參議院。

 Senate majority leader and fellow Republican Mitch McConnell thank the president for signing the bill in a statement, but made no mention of any plans for a Senate vote. 

參議院多數黨領袖、共和黨同僚米奇-麥康奈爾在一份聲明中感謝總統簽署該法案，但沒有提及參議院投票的任何計劃。