Coronavirus live updates: Trump abruptly cuts off virus aid talks

Advocates of federal assist to maintain 33,000 airline staff on the job lobbied for months, sending 1000’s of letters and donning protecting masks to stroll the halls of Congress. And it gave the impression to be working, garnering bipartisan backing and assist from President Trump, who simply final month mentioned: “We’ll be serving to the airways.”

All of it unraveled Tuesday with a collection of tweets.

“I’ve instructed my representatives to cease negotiating till after the election when, instantly after I win, we are going to move a serious Stimulus Invoice that focuses on hard-working People and Small Enterprise,” Trump tweeted.

And it’s not simply airline employees who will really feel the affect.