GOP senator: Trump risks legacy of ‘chaos and misery’

President Donald Trumprisksbeingremembered for creating “chaos and misery” at the end of his term if he vetoes the $900 billion stimulus passed by Congress andtriggers a government shutdown, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said.

The Trump administration helped negotiate the bill, and if the president believes direct stimulus checks should be increased, he should approve the current proposal and return to Congress with a request for more aid, Pennsylvania’s Toomeysaidon“FoxNews Sunday.”

The $2,000-per-person checks demanded by Trump are too high for people who haven’t lost income as a result of COVID-19, Toomey said, making the case for more targeted aid.

“I understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but the danger is he’ll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire,” Toomey said.

“The best thing to do is sign this and then make the case for subsequent legislation.”

Trump has taken no action on the stimulus bill that Congress approved lastweek, beyondexpressing his displeasurewith a series of tweets and videosover thepast few days.

Surprise decision

Criticismof the legislation took lawmakers by surprise since itwas developed with members of Trump’s administration — notably, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

“Everybody assumed, everybody, that Mnuchin was representing the White House,” Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent of Vermont, said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Sanders has advocated $2,000 checks to helpAmericans copewith “economic crisis,” but he urged Trump not to hold up the current bill, which was passed by sizable bipartisanmajorities in the House and Senate.

“What we need to do is have the president sign that bill today, right now. Or else the suffffffering of this countrywillbeimmense,” Sanders said.