Leaders of Devastated Travel Industry Lash Out at President Trump’s Decision to Delay Relief Talks Until After Election
Photo Credit: Travel leaders expressed anger and disappointment at President Trumps decision to delay relief package talks until after the election. Flickr / dog97209
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Donald Trump's tweet on Tuesday afternoon was stunning even for this president. You could feel the anguish throughout the travel industry, which had still had been holding out hope for more federal relief to help its workers and to keep others in their jobs.
Executives across the hard-hit U.S. travel industry that has been wrenched by tens of thousands of job losses had harsh words on Tuesday night for President Donald Trump's decision earlier in the day to delays talks on a federal relief package until after the November election.
"This is unacceptable and unconceivable with millions of Americans out of work and thousands of small businesses barely hanging on," said Chip Rogers, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. "It’s time for our leaders in Washington to put politics aside and chart a bipartisan path forward to help businesses and employees in the hardest-hit industries. Millions of jobs and the livelihoods of people who have built their small business for decades are just withering away because our leaders in Washington are prioritizing politics over people."
