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The outgoing president of the United States, Donald Trump, has vetoed by a large majority the defense budget approved by both houses of Congress.
President Donald Trump is serious about threatening to veto the defense budget, despite the overwhelming majority in the Senate and House of Representatives. Photo: NTB / AP
The vast majority in both the House and Senate in early December means that Trump’s veto can be reversed.
In that case, it will be the first time that has happened in Trump’s nearly four years as president.
The budget that the elected deputies have approved and that only lacked Trump’s signature, is 740.5 billion dollars. This corresponds to more than 6.5 billion Norwegian crowns.
The defense budget will guarantee around NOK 17.5 billion a day for military spending next year. Trump has repeatedly threatened to veto, and when the deadline to sign expired on Christmas Eve, he kept the promise.
“America first”
“It is incapable of incorporating critical national security measures, includes provisions that do not respect our veterans and our military history, and contradicts the efforts my administration has made to put the United States first in our national security and foreign policy actions. “Trump said in a statement to the House of Representatives. .
The budget votes show that both houses have the two-thirds majority needed to reverse a presidential veto.
Trump has vetoed bills eight times before, and they all stuck.
Action required against Facebook
The budget leads America’s defense policy and also means a 3 percent pay increase for American soldiers. The proposal that was adopted goes against Trump’s stated wishes on several points, including foreign policy.
Trump has also demanded that Congress in the budget process should crack down on social media like Twitter and Facebook, which he says oppose him and Republicans.
He has also linked the threat of a veto to the fact that the budget proposal allows the names of former southern state generals to be removed from ten military bases.
Avoid withdrawal from Germany
The latest version of the budget goes against Trump’s wishes in several places. The budget proposal ends Trump’s plans to withdraw US forces from Germany.
The Defense Minister must first present an analysis of the consequences of such a decision and then at least 120 days must pass before a single one of the 34,500 soldiers can return home.
The defense budget is also trying to limit or create difficulties for Trump’s plans to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan and South Korea.
