The political wrangling this week over the next Covid-19 related stimulus bill in the US encapsulates all the dysfunction that has become endemic to American politics, and particularly the Republican party, during the Trump administration. Republicans, who aim to put forward their own relief proposals in the next few days (Democrats did so two months ago), cannot agree among themselves on what is needed to help stabilise the US economy. After a brief rebound, the economy looks to be heading downwards once again thanks to a resurgence of Covid-19 cases that Donald Trump has conceded will “ get worse before it gets better”.
美國的下一項與新型冠狀病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠狀病毒病）相關的刺激法案在本周引發政治爭論，這是已成為美國政壇、尤其是特朗普政府時期的共和黨通病的一切功能失調的縮影。共和黨人打算在未來幾天內提出他們自己的救助方案（民主黨人兩個月前就這么做了），但他們內部無法就如何穩定美國經濟達成一致。在短暫的經濟反彈之后，由于新冠病例再次激增，美國經濟似乎將再次下行，唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)已承認：“情況可能在好轉之前先變糟。”。