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Augustvscaesar.eth
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Obama: Trump didn’t send you a check, Congress did. Next Sentence: Biden sent you a check though! ??? https://x.com/barackobama/status/1851092328796045650?s=46&t=d-xtpetMVTFUBXGUpbc0Ew
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Saadiq
@saadiq
Social media length constraints don’t help here. I’d read that as clarifying a President doesn’t send the checks. But if you want to attribute checks to Presidents, attribute all the checks to Presidents including Biden’s. It’s the “Joe Biden ALSO sent a check…” Are you interpreting it differently?
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Augustvscaesar.eth
@augustuscaesar
I am. I’m reading it as it is written. Both interpretations are acceptable.
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Saadiq
@saadiq
How are you interpreting it? Here is ChatGPT's interpretation: https://chatgpt.com/share/6720db16-9a24-8013-9721-589da2fb255b The distinction made here is about which branch of government has the authority over federal spending. Stimulus payments during the pandemic were authorized and funded by Congress, which has the constitutional power over budget decisions. When people say “Trump sent a check” or “Biden sent a check,” it’s shorthand for these presidents signing into law the relief bills passed by Congress. While presidents sign legislation to make it official, the actual authority to allocate and approve spending rests with Congress, not the president. The writer is emphasizing that these checks were the result of legislative action rather than executive initiative, and they note that neither they nor Biden branded the checks with their names, contrasting with how Trump had his name added to the checks.
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