President Trump is disappointed in the most recent Coronavirus relief package proposed by Congress. In a powerful message, the President threatened to veto the bill if serious changes aren’t made to the legislation entirely, calling the bill a “disgrace.” Changes to the legislation include increasing stimulus checks from $600 to $2000 as well as removing the “unnecessary and wasteful” spending from the year-end spending package.

President Trump blasted lawmakers on the long-awaited legislation saying the package was entirely different than what was previously discussed. Trump claimed the bill’s length and complexity has allowed for few members of Congress to effectively read the bill in its entirety providing a cover for lobbyists and special interest groups to add stipulations to the bill.

“It’s called the Covid Relief Bill but it has almost nothing to do with Covid,” said President Trump

The President blasted the billions of dollars allocated in the bill towards foreign countries while Americans continue to struggle to make ends meet throughout the pandemic.

Fox News reports:

The year-end funding package, often referred to as an omnibus, was combined with the coronavirus stimulus bill as Congress raced to get out of Washington, D.C., for Christmas. The funding package was previously negotiated in Congress, while lawmakers finally came to an agreement on the coronavirus aid over the weekend. Both would have had to pass anyway, but combining them allowed it to be done in one vote.

It’s unclear at this point what Congress will do about Trump’s demands. Trump did not issue a direct veto threat in his Tuesday video and still could sign the bill if lawmakers and their staffs don’t come back — although it is not clear if they will or not, according to congressional sources.

Trump also has the potential, if he simply refuses to sign the “coronabus” and Congress doesn’t send him anything more, to “pocket veto” the legislation. That would force Congress to essentially start the legislative process all over. It would put the government at risk of a shutdown yet again, as it is currently operating on a seven-day interim spending bill.

The President ended his message by saying that if Congress fails to properly amend the bill the next administration will be faced with providing a Covid package.