Has anyone seen or heard from Secretary @stevenmnuchin1 since last week? His negotiation on behalf of the President led to bipartisan bill, passed overwhelmingly, that the president won’t sign. How does he have the credibility to stay in that job? Or at least that role?
It’s a serious question. Who in the Trump admin could walk into Pelosi’s or McConnell’s office right now and say: The President will sign X, and they’d believe it. Jared? Without that person, how does this manufactured crisis end before Jan 20?
Meanwhile, today I interviewed a Pennsylvania grandmother who is losing her unemployment, and who told me "panic mode has now kicked in."

This isn't theoretical. Real people need help, period.
"Everyone who has ever tried to speak for Donald Trump has had their legs cut out from under them eventually.” - @MarkWarner on Mnuchin in this smart @JStein_WaPo piece https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/26/trump-mnuchin-stimulus/
Mnuchin’s loyalty to Trump could end with painful setback as president shreds stimulus deal

Democrats and Republicans had thought Mnuchin was speaking for the president in negotiating the $908 billion pact, but Trump quickly called it a “disgrace.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/26/trump-mnuchin-stimulus/
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