By next week he'll be denying that $2,000 was anything more than a bargaining chip to get the payments raised to something like $1,200.  What he really wants, though, is another CR that takes him past January 6, and a new bill that he doesn't have to sign until after the Electoral College votes are counted. This has nothing to do with Covid relief; it's still all about the election.  If anyone cared about hardworking people, they would allow more than $300 a week in unemployment payments for just 11 weeks.