No movement from Trump on Covid relief bill as jobless aid expires

President Donald Trump seen leaving his golf course in Wet Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, while politicians on both sides urged him to act over the Covid-19 relief bill (Patrick Semansky/AP)

President Donald Trump appeared no closer to signing an end-of-year Covid-19 relief and spending bill on Sunday as millions of people lost unemployment aid, the government careered towards a mid-pandemic shutdown and politicians implored him to act.

Mr Trump blindsided members of both parties and upended months of negotiations when he demanded last week that the package — already passed the House and Senate by large margins and believed to have Mr Trump’s support — be revised to include larger relief cheques and scaled-back spending.