how can you abuse someone who doesn’t use his power of veto and the bully puppet. Why is he still sucking up to faux conservatives in his party.
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Planned Parenthood still getting $500 million in taxpayer funding
May God’s judgment fall on Trump and the GOP.
Ridiculous. Having his veto overridden by a bipartisan Congress would have been a devastating political blow to President Trump—as would a government shutdown. That's the calculation the President obviously made in the context of the pervasive, ongoing coup attempt which he's currently fighting.
To reiterate: we're in the midst of an attempted coup, for God's sake, and people are coming unhinged about a 6-month spending bill? Really
The President was visibly upset when he announced the signing of this bill—a rare display for a man who typically disguises his anger very well. Indeed, the President indicated that he would never sign such a bill again. Clearly, he considered his signing of the bill a very distasteful act—albeit the lesser of several evils.
President Trump has access to much more information than we do, and based on what I've seen from him in the last two years, I trust his judgement—even when I disagree with him. He has earned our trust and loyalty a dozen times over during the last two years, and I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt—especially during a period in which he's battling a friggin' attempted coup by the Deep State/Uniparty Swamp!
Whatever its weaknesses might be, this 6-month spending bill fully funded the President's military priorities—priorities which may be of paramount importance in the months leading up to the 2018 midterms.
Think about it. Given the possibility of indictments, arrests, firings, and criminal prosecutions of the corrupt Swamp creatures—and the potential civil unrest, Antifa-sponsored violence, and general mayhem which might very well follow such events—the US military's help might be critically important to help crush this treasonous activity. The armchair quarterbacks and second-guessers who have waxed so hysterical over a 6-month spending bill would do well to take note of that "nuance" in the bill.
Thus, I maintain my steadfast support for President Trump. Those who have withdrawn their support have formally identified themselves as "sunshine patriots"—a.k.a. #NeverTrumpers. The last time I checked, JimRob has said that #NeverTrumpers aren't welcome on FR. But who knows, maybe he's changed his mind—although I did see at least one zot today.
Disagreeing with the President is one thing. After all, nobody will ever agree with any President 100% of the time. But ending one's support for President Trump—thereby aiding and abetting the Enemy—is something else altogether. To those who have done that, I say "step off". #NeverTrumpers aren't welcome on FR, I daresay. In any event, if #NeverTrumpers are welcome on FR, then I'm not.
#NeverTrump is as #NeverTrump does...
ITEM---The President designated as an "emergency requirement" ALL funding so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, for the accounts referenced in section 7058(d) (Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...
ITEM --- Trump has basically told the House....."See ya in court!"
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The details (hat tip John Salisbury):
1. Congress allocates money. The President spends the allocated money.
2. Once Congress allocates money, their job is oversight. They don't spend the money and have no say HOW it gets spent.
3. Once the President is given the money, he has a number of choices in spending it....some of the money is fungible and some isn't. 4. By Trump declaring a Human Rights Emergency AND has notified Congress that he's invoking the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, this opens up new spending options. 6. President Trump has just communicated that he has the authority to NOT spend any funds he doesn't deem necessary and will return them to the US Treasury. For example: funds the House allocated for Planned Parenthood? Trump can simply not allocate the funds
7. Trump's declarations also make some funds fungible. For instance if he determines that building a Wall on the Southern Border is a defense against Human Trafficking? He can move funds from anywhere else in the Defense Dept Allocation & simply build the Wall.
8. Congress is powerless to stop cash reallocations AND cannot stop the DOD from taking measures under a presidential-declared Emergency.
9. Despite the House's strict language about the Border Wall, it is outweighed by Trump's declaration of a State of Emergency.
10. Amen