Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected a massive Covid economic relief package passed by Congress, branding it "a disgrace" in an act of political brinkmanship less than a month before he must leave office and when millions of Americans are suffering fallout from the pandemic.

The US President dropped the bombshell via a pre-recorded statement made in the White House and sent out on Twitter.

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