President Trump on Sunday renewed his threat of what the final legislative struggle for his presidency with Congress would be, following a backlash from lawmakers last week.
Mr. Opposition to the Trump annual bill is not new. Citing rotating rationale, he has threatened to veto it since the summer. But lawmakers believed the passage of the bill by a veto-proof majority in the House and Senate would force him to step down, rather than set up the first veto violation of his presidency.
Apparently it is not.
“China is the biggest winner of our new security bill!” Mr. Trump Wrote on Twitter on Sunday morning. “I’m veto!”
Mr. That includes violating Trump’s objections or dropping a bill that has passed every single one of the last 60 years and raising wages for troops.
Mr. on this bill. Trump’s initial objections centered on a rule removing the names of federal leaders from military bases. Most recently, he has demanded that a provision be added to the bill to repeal the legal shield for social media companies that has drawn his anger.
When asked if the bill would help China, Mr. It was not immediately clear what arrangement Trump was referring to on Sunday. Congress officials involved in its preparation, Mr. Trump said he may have talked about the decision not to include various rules related to China in the final bill, including a ban on Chinese-made drones.
However, the final $ 41,741 billion bill would include more than $ 2 billion in a Pacific blockade effort aimed at opposing China, and the Pentagon would have to establish a plan to attract Chinese goods, especially electronics.
The bill also revealed new benefits to Vietnam-era veterans for Agent Orange. Mr. There are restrictions on Trump’s military withdrawal from Germany and Afghanistan.
Frustrated Senator Jack Reid of Rhode Island, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat party, Mr.
“President Trump did not read the bill clearly and did not understand what was in it,” he said. “There are many more two-party rules here that make the Trump administration tougher on China than ever before.”