Posted on 03/23/2018 10:50:08 AM PDT by detective
Update: President Trump announced that he is signing the spending bill as a "matter of national security." But he also said, "there are a lot of things Im unhappy about" in the measure.
Earlier report
Just hours after threatening a veto, President Trump appeared set to back down and sign a sweeping $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress early Friday and avoid a government shutdown, according to senior legislative aides.
In a morning tweet, Trump said he might veto the omnibus bill because it does nothing to address the fate of young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers and does not fully fund his border wall.
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I know his true believers will buy into anything, but it wasn’t a surprise as the WH was actively involved in moving this.
Once the sting subsides, more and more people will return to being loyal.
You said it!
I didn’t know you can win at 3D Chess by letting your opponent move you pieces for you and/or remove them at will at their whim.
I agree with you. When I wrote that, I hadn’t seen people rationalizing the signing saying it was 3d chess, but that what he did was straight out of The Art of the Deal.
>> does not fund his border wall <<
So what?
Mexico is supposed to pay for it. All Congress would need to do is to AUTHORIZE it.
That was a VERY big mistake on DJT’s part
Nope. (Governors in some states do.)
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