Donald Trump's name to be printed on Covid-19 stimulus cheques
The US Treasury has ordered Donald Trump’s name be
printed on cheques to be sent to tens of millions of Americans affected by the
coronavirus outbreak, a decision that will slow their delivery by several days,
according to the Washington Post.
Citing unnamed senior officials at the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS), the Post reported the $1,200 cheques – being sent by the
as part of a $2.3tn package enacted last month to cushion the economic blow
from the pandemic – will “bear Trump’s name in the memo line, below a line that
reads, ‘Economic Impact Payment’.”
The White House and the Treasury Department did not
immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment, however the Post said
Treasury officials disputed that the cheques would be delayed.
The Post said the “unprecedented decision” to
include Trump’s name was announced to the IRS information technology team on
Tuesday.
“The team, working from home, is now racing to
implement a programming change that two senior officials said will likely lead
to a delay in issuing the first batch of paper checks,” it said.
