Millions of Americans have temporarily lost their unemployment benefits !
US President-elect Joe Biden had warned of "devastating consequences"
if Mr Trump continued to delay signing but the Saturday deadline has now passed.
Unemployment benefits and a ban on evictions will be affected.
The package worth $900bn was approved by Congress after months of difficult negotiations and compromises.
Mr Trump says he wants Americans to receive $2,000 but Republicans in Congress refused to agree to the change.
In a tweet late on Saturday evening local time, Mr Trump again defended his position on the issue
blaming China for the coronavirus outbreak.
The coronavirus economic relief comes with a $1.4tn federal budget attached.
A partial government shutdown will begin on Tuesday unless legislators pass a stopgap bill before then
- but this would not include coronavirus aid
and Mr Trump would still have to sign it.
14 million Americans would be affected by a lapse in unemployment benefit payments and new stimulus cheques.
On Twitter earlier, the president had reiterated his objection to the bill, saying:
"I simply want to get our great people $2000
rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill."
The New York Times
BREAKING NEWS
President Trump signed a virus relief package after days of resistance
averting a shutdown and extending jobless benefits to millions of Americans.
Sunday, December 27, 2020 8:14 PM EST
WASHINGTON โ President Trump on Sunday abruptly signed a measure providing $900 billion in pandemic aid
and funding the government through September, ending last-minute turmoil he himself had created
over legislation that will offer an economic lifeline to millions of Americans and avert a government shutdown.