While the president seemed to walk back his worrisome tweet later in the evening Tuesday, his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, reiterated Wednesday morning that the talks between the administration and Congressional leaders are indeed off, according to a tweet from Washington Post White House economics reporter Jeff Stein.
The back and forth isn’t mollifying the industry. “Now is the time for clear and decisive action,” an AAFA spokesperson said Wednesday. “Sending mixed messages is not helpful to the millions of American businesses and American workers struggling during the current economic crisis.”
