'Why would you concede to this and lose?' one Wall Street banker asked. 'It's not like Donald Trump gives a s--- about the deficit.'
decision on Tuesday to end negotiations over additional Covid-19 stimulus left many on Wall Street and in Washington baffled.
"Why would you concede to this and lose?" said the banker, who declined to be named. "It's not like Donald Trump gives a s--- about the deficit, and he wouldn't be against putting his name on the checks," this person added. "Waiting until after the election to reach an agreement on the next Covid-19 relief package is a huge mistake," said GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who faces a tough reelection battle in Maine. "I have already been in touch with the Secretary of the Treasury, one of the chief negotiators, and with several of my Senate colleagues."
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