Trump extends US unemployment benefits

US President Donald Trump on Saturday bypassed Congress, signed executive orders deferring payroll taxes for some Americans and extending unemployment benefits after negotiations on a new coronavirus rescue pack collapsed.

Trump accused Democrats of loing up ir rescue bill with priorities unrelated to coronavirus.

“We've h it,” he said at a news conference at his country club in Bedminister, New Jersey.

Trump said payroll tax cut would apply to those earning less than 100,000 US dollars a year.

He said that if he is reelected in vember, he would look at possibility of making payroll tax permanent.

Extra aid for unemployed will total $400 a week, a cut from $600 that just expired.

Trump also signed executive orders holding off student loan payments and extending freeze on evictions.