What stimulus bills did Trump sign and what were their total amounts?

1. The March 2020 “big” rescue — CARES Act (roughly $1.8–$2.2 trillion)

The signature spring measure enacted on March 27, 2020, is widely cited as the largest single stimulus of the pandemic era and is reported with somewhat different price tags depending on accounting: contemporaneous news outlets called it a $2.0 trillion package ^[6], Wikipedia records it as $2.2 trillion ^[1], while some policy shops emphasize roughly $1.8 trillion in direct aid after excluding loan guarantees and other repayable lending ^[2]; the differences reflect legitimate accounting choices about guarantees, loans and what counts as “direct” outlays.

2. The April 2020 follow‑up for PPP and health — ~$484 billion

Congress and the White House enacted a targeted follow‑up in April 2020 that added money for the Paycheck Protection Program and other health measures; that Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act is commonly reported as providing about $484 billion in additional funding and was signed by the president in April 2020 ^[1].

3. The December 2020 end‑of‑year package — $900 billion in relief plus a $1.4 trillion omnibus

At the end of 2020 Trump signed a consolidated package on December 27 that combined pandemic relief and annual appropriations: reporting frames the COVID relief portion at about $900 billion while the governmentwide appropriations or omnibus portion is commonly cited at roughly $1.4 trillion, producing a consolidated legal enactment variously described as a $2.3 trillion package because it bundled both emergency relief and regular spending ^{[7] [3] [4]}. Contemporary press coverage emphasized the $900 billion relief number when discussing stimulus checks, unemployment aid and small‑business support inside that deal ^{[5] [8]}.

4. Why source totals diverge — loans, guarantees, and bundling matter

Differences among the headline numbers are not mistakes so much as different accounting choices: some trackers report total legislation face values including loan programs and guarantees, others report only direct appropriations and grants, and the December action bundled discrete buckets (a $900 billion COVID relief title and a separate $1.4 trillion omnibus) that some outlets aggregate as a single dollar figure while others focus on the relief slice ^{[2] [4] [7]}. Political framing also shaped headlines — negotiators and the White House selectively emphasized the figure that supported their narrative, for instance calling CARES “$2 trillion” in real time even as policy analysts parsed the components ^{[6] [2]}.

5. Bottom line — the set of stimulus laws Trump signed and approximate totals

Signed into law by President Trump: the spring CARES Act (commonly reported between ~$1.8 trillion and $2.2 trillion depending on inclusion of loans/guarantees) ^{[1] [2] [6]}; the April Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (~$484 billion) ^[1]; and the December 27, 2020 combined appropriations/relief package that included about $900 billion in COVID relief and a roughly $1.4 trillion omnibus — often cited together as a $2.3 trillion year‑end enactment ^{[5] [3] [4]}. Adding the commonly cited headline amounts yields an approximate cumulative range of about $3.4 trillion to $3.6 trillion of legislative measures signed by Trump that carried COVID‑era relief components, with the precise total depending on which accounting conventions are used ^{[6] [1] [3] [4]}.