I thought he cared about the "workers". I guess that is only when they are working or

[applegrove]

don't live in a blue state. Or maybe it was leverage to pass the Senate $2Trillion bill.

Trump Hasn’t Released Disaster Unemployment Funds

March 24, 2020 at 11:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 46 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/24/trump-hasnt-released-disaster-unemployment-funds/

"SNIP......

“The three states that President Donald Trump has formally declared coronavirus disaster areas have not received the disaster unemployment assistance that they expected to follow that designation,” Politico reports.

“New York, California and Washington state all requested access to several aid programs provided under a disaster declaration, including disaster unemployment assistance.”

......SNIP"

[elleng]

1. He 'cares' about NOTHING but himself.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Exactly. He cares only that they grovel and truckle before him. . . .

Trump is the Nth degree of the saying "be careful of what happens when you give a small person a small amount of power."

[IcyPeas]

3. Truckle... great word.

Had to look it up.

[Igel]

4. Counter.

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062641571

Unclear if there's legal authority. Trump's stretching the law quite a bit, apparently, and Cuomo's all for it because it suits him.

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/23/cuomo-seeks-federal-unemployment-relief-for-gig-workers-1268739

NY's request was made 3/16. 6 days isn't just a huge amount of time.

One purpose was to get people not covered by state UI to get federal benefits. As in most things, the feds are backup: If you get state UI benefits, you don't qualify. https://www.nelp.org/publication/rebooting-disaster-unemployment-assistance-steps-state-federal-policymakers/

Otherwise, https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/disaster.asp