Posted on 04/26/2019 11:17:14 AM PDT by Innovative
President Trump announced Friday that he would un-sign the global arms pact known as the Arms Trade Treaty in the latest illustration of his aversion to international pacts and world governance.
“We will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your Second Amendment freedom,” Trump said during a speech before the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis. “I’m officially announcing today that the United States will be revoking the effect of America’s signature from this badly misguided treaty.”
The origins of the treaty, which sets out international rules for sales and transfers of everything from small arms to large planes and ships, date to the George W. Bush administration. It was negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations and signed in 2013 under President Barack Obama but has never been ratified by U.S. lawmakers.
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I voted for Sarah Palin and Gary Johnson in 2008 & 2012, respectively. I was planning on voting for Bob Barr, until McStain put Palin on the ticket.
I couldn’t vote for Romney - AT ALL! He makes my skin crawl like McStain! And he had Paul Ryan as his running mate, and we all saw exactly what a waste and weasel that little BASS TURD turned out to be!
I didn’t vote for McCain; I voted for Sarah Palin.
Seeing as how McCain would have survived his second term, you voted for McCain.
Excellent. Delighted to hear it.
Commies have NO life which is why they are commies. I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY PRESIDENT~~
I think a lot of us did.
Thank you God! (YHVH)
AMEN to that, Jim! :-)
Just another pathetic whiner. Could be Ann Coulter.
I think he should have told the senate to take a vote and formally reject it.
A treaty that isn’t ratified means nothing.
I like this because it aligns our actions as a nation more closely with our Constitutions.
To people in the rest of the world, I guarantee there are people everywhere (the vast majority) who would point to that stupid, unratified treaty and think we side with them.
That just takes it away. I think it is a fine move.
It doesn’t matter either way. A treaty that isn’t ratified is meaningless.
still waiting for my approval for a silencer ...almost a year later.
Red Flag laws need to be addressed also
Oh No! how will the Never Trumper Freepers react now?
Oh I know: “Ah its not enough BLAH BLAH BLAH”
It’s hard for me to imagine that a judge could order the President to sign a treaty, or who would have standing to bring the suit, or what the alleged harm would have to be.
But, the Left is full of lawyers and judges with imagination. We’ll know in a few weeks.
[“We will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your Second Amendment freedom,”]
There needs to be a pic of Nancy Pelosi and one of DiFi spinning in Kirk’s chair, looking up and going:
“Truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmppppp!!!”
[It just sucks that to not vote for Obama, I had to vote for McCain and Romney.]
Moi aussi
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