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US President Trump has vetoed a core chunk of US defense spending. Congress can override Trump’s no with a two-thirds majority.
Unsurprisingly, the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has vetoed the defense budget approved by Congress. He was unable to support the law, Trump explained, justifying the move with the lack of “critical measures” to protect national security.
“It is a ‘gift’ for China and Russia,” he wrote in a statement to the House of Representatives. There, as in the Senate, the bill with a volume of 740 billion dollars was approved with a clear majority. The 4,517-page budget text not only addresses the defense budget, but also includes many other measures related to national security and the military.
Trump criticized, among other things, that the comprehensive legislative package would not more closely regulate online platforms. He also criticized the fact that the possible renaming of the military bases does not respect the history of the armed forces. Trump also criticized the attempt to legally limit the withdrawal of soldiers from Afghanistan, South Korea and Germany that he had ordered.
A two-thirds majority in Congress can overturn the blockade
Trump had already announced his veto. However, his blockade could be overturned by a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, that is, in both houses of Congress. Both houses had originally approved the package with a majority of more than two-thirds.
