Senate Votes to Block ‘Emergency’ Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia
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In a vote of 51-45, lawmakers opted to block the additional 20 arms sales — meaning another veto showdown could be in the cards.
Republican Senators Lindsey Graham, Mike Lee, Jerry Moran, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul and Todd Young joined with Democrats to pass the block the deal which is estimated to be worth over $8 billion. Many who oppose the sale cited the brutality of Saudi Arabia’s bombing of Yemen and the amount of civilian casualties.
President Trump had used an “emergency” provision of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) to go around Congress and authorize the sales.
Though he tries to hoe to the middle, this man REALLY likes Our Donald.
Forget the polls, rampaging Trump’s going to win easily in 2020 unless Democrat ostriches drag their heads out of the sand and wake up to reality
Piers Morgan
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It was a virtuoso Trump rally performance, carried out with all the passion, energy, chutzpah and showmanship of another septuagenarian, Mick Jagger, strutting around a big stadium.
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But the President’s demeanor should strike the fear of God into his opponents, because he looks and sounds in the form of his short political life.
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When I interviewed Trump in London during his UK state visit several weeks ago, I remarked to people afterwards that I had never seen him so relaxed, or indeed presidential.
It seemed as if the lifting of the toxic, draining Russia collusion and Mueller report millstone had not just reinvigorated him, but newly empowered him.
I think the whole bitter experience – based on what turned out to be a falsehood that he colluded with Russia to fix the 2016 election - made him realize it’s pointless trying to persuade those who hate him to like him.
Instead, he’s refocused on ensuring all those who like him vote him in again.
Though the truth is Trump’s never really stopped campaigning.
He’s spent two-and-a-half years bombarding Americans with relentless self-aggrandizing tweets, speeches, rallies and media interviews – all designed to keep his base pot boiling.
And his strategy has clearly worked.
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Importantly, and in contrast to 2016, Trump has the almost universal support of his party this time.
The GOP’s come to the conclusion that his bark is worse than his bite, and Trump’s a winner.
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I’ve spent a lot of time filming crime documentaries in places like Texas, Florida and Alabama in the past year, and the Trump Train isn’t just still travelling in his heartland – it’s steaming.
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So as things stand – and notwithstanding unexpected events that can derail any presidency - I am going to ignore the polls and predict Trump will win comfortably in 2020.
To all those who scoff at this prediction, I simply remind you that you all scoffed last time when I repeatedly said Trump would win despite widespread poll evidence to the contrary.