Beatriz Navarro, from La Vanguardia News, reports that the former businessman and current U.S president, Donald Trump, is putting his name in gold letters on something that is far more crucial than his branded hotels. Millions of Americans are about to receive anti-crisis checks that will help with the economic consequences of the coronavirus. With a $2.2 trillion stimulus plan, the U.S government plans to help every U.S taxpayer by sending $1,200, limited by income. President Trump has decided that his name will appear on the stimulus checks, an unprecedented action in all past economic catastrophes. Many critics are claiming this is “an abuse of governmental power” and is going to “result in a delay” for Americans receiving their checks. Critics are also saying Trump’s actions are exemplifying “Trump first, everyone else second.”
When I first saw that La Vanguardia had reported on Trump’s name on the anti-crisis checks, I was a little surprised because I thought it was something that would really only affect the United States. As I thought more about it, I realized that it important to Catalans too because it is a world wide economic issue. The fact that the President of the United States is focused on his name being on a document rather than the bigger issues at hand is concerning for all countries that has any dependencies on the U.S. This issue is less about the action itself and more about where the United States concerns lie within the grand scheme of this world-wide crisis.
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