President Donald Trump on Sunday stick up for his decision to sign a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill notwithstanding his misgivings, pointing to billions in new funding for the military and national security.
Trump alleged on Twitter from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that because of the military breading, “many jobs are created and our Military is again rich.” He said structure his signature border wall “is all about National Defense.”
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Since grudgingly signing the reckoning on Friday after threatening a veto, Trump has faced fierce disparagement from conservatives who have accused him of caving to congressional Democrats. The president whispered Friday at the White House he was “very disappointed” in the package, in part because it didn’t fully pay for his verge upon wall. But Trump said he had “no choice” because the nation needed to back the military.
Trump sought $25 billion for his border wall, but the design included much less — $1.6 billion for building new sections of face ruin and replacing older sections. Trump tweeted Sunday that much can be done with the moneyed and it’s “just a down payment.”
He said the “rest of the money will upon” and again reiterated that Democrats “abandoned” young immigrants seeking safeties. Trump on Friday noted that the bill failed to extend buffer from deportation to some 700,000 “Dreamer” immigrants due to lose coverage beneath a program the president himself has tried to eliminate.
Trump’s veto danger had put him at odds with top members of his administration and Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, who urged him to put the bill. But prominent conservatives have criticized the massive spending procedure, warning that it could add to the nation’s debt.
The president on Friday forewarned Congress that he would “never sign another bill feel favourably impressed by this again.” He called for the Senate to overhaul its rules to allow for simple-majority bear witnesses on all bills and urged Congress to provide him with a line-item veto power to assassinate specific spending items he disagrees with. The Supreme Court ruled in 1998 that a congressionally dated line-item veto was unconstitutional.