Trump just backed out of negotiating a Coronavirus stimulus bill.

This looks like an election strategy - but it won't help him win.

What he's really doing here is giving McConnell & the GOP an ex post facto excuse (political cover) for prioritizing ACB's SCOTUS confirmation.
Just yesterday, a poll was released that showed Americans overwhelmingly wanted the Senate to prioritize passing a Covid relief bill, *before* considering a new Supreme Court nomination - by a whopping 74% to 26%.

thehill.com/hilltv/what-am…
So the real question then, is this:

Why is Trump acceding to the GOP's priorities over his own by making such a wildly unpopular move?

*Nothing* is more important to the GOP now than ACB.

I'm sure they are allowing him to believe she can help him in the election.
Here is Trump tweeting from the hospital three days ago - he recognized that *not* passing a stimulus bill would be wildly unpopular.

What happened in the meantime?

Is someone telling him that ACB is his only chance to win?

She *can't* win it for him.

But he is desperate. Image
I suspected that GOP leadership had manipulated him into this somehow.
And now we have confirmation.

Trump’s tweet this this morning to call off negotiations came right after a conference call.

In that call, McConnell told him Pelosi was “stringing him along,” and that any bill they agreed to wouldn’t pass the Senate.

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…

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