President Trump has vetoed three separate resolutions aimed at blocking US arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, saying in his statement that it would “weaken America’s global competitiveness.”
The resolutions were driven by anger over Saudi Arabia’s assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. President Trump opposed losing out on such sales over just one assassination, however, and had promised this veto.
The Senate intends to take up Trump’s veto message on August 2. Though there was a solid majority in both houses of Congress in favor of these resolutions, it is not expected that there was a serious chance to muster an override.
Trump further complained that attempts to stop the sales were “ill-conceived and time-consuming,” but they’re not likely to stop here. The House version of the 2020 NDAA also includes a number of amendments of similar language, and Trump may be reluctant to veto the entire military budget over the sales.
Even then, this issue isn’t going anywhere, with Congressional votes showing growing anti-Saudi sentiment and resistance to these arms sales. More votes are certain to come up going forward.
It’s not terrorism if theyre guided munitions from America.
“President Trump opposed losing out on such sales over just one assassination, however, and had promised this veto.”
He might have a problem with two assassinations? One thing we know for sure is that he doesn’t have a problem with starving children. But the Don does have priorities and “global competitiveness” does come before saving children from a horrific death. MAGA
This whole thing is merely political posturing. The congressmen knew damn well that it was going to be vetoed. Don’t be fooled.
Political posturing that exposes Donny as a sponsor of Saudi terrorism is the best kind of political posturing
I have been a Trump supporter from the start . This veto , the sanctions against other countries is weakening my support for him . Trump has been a improvement over the last 3 or 4 administrations . Yet I’am beginning to think We might even be able to make America even greater with better leadership .
“Trump has been a improvement over the last 3 or 4 administrations.”
No, he hasn’t. He’s been the same but with the added feature of being an ass clown.
I’m wary of launching into my typical sarcastic thrashing of trump supporters because you seem open to changing, but you really have to be kidding me about Trump being better. He has been more interesting than others presidents due to his antagonism against the establishment. But the man prioritizes arming the terror state of Saudi Arabia over Yemeni civilians. He is scum, just like Obama and just like Bush and just like Clinton and just like Bush and just like Reagan… There’s a pattern emerging…
Yes I have noticed the Pattern is not much different . So why not elect someone even dumber than Trump someone so dumb they cant talk or cant even write . maybe we should run a rabbit or better yet a rat so there wont be such a big change . I suspect a animal on the third party ticket might be the winner . That would certainly tell our two main political parties something .
Or we could do sometjhing constructive and elect a candidate who is not beholden to the military industrial complex
I dumped obama 2 weeks in. You guys hang on to trump like grim death.
America’s business is selling arms, i.e, making war profiteering legal. It is how the arms merchants measure their profitability.
Arms sales are essential to the survival of the US MIC.
The resolutions were driven by anger over Saudi Arabia’s assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Yes, but incomplete.
$150B in arms sales were negotiated during the Obama administration but suspended when Pres Obama issued an Executive Order halting the sales as it became clear that US-made munitions were being used to attack weddings and school children and to enforce a blockade that is starving the Yemen population and denying them international aid including food and medication.
Trump issued an EO reversing the ban.
Is anyone really surprised?