President Trump on Wednesday vetoed a resolution that would have suppressed his ability to unilaterally take military action against Iran, calling the bipartisan bill an"insulting" attack on his presidential powers.
"This was a very insulting resolution, introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party. The few Republicans who voted for it played right into their hands," the president said in a statement. The bipartisan resolution approved by both the House and Senate was a rare pushback to the president's war powers, even after the president vowed he would veto it. The measure was introduced in early January after the president ordered an airstrike to kill Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran's most powerful and beloved military leaders.
"My Administration has taken strong actions, within statutory authority, to help keep our Nation safe, and I will not approve this resolution, which would undermine my ability to protect American citizens, service members, and interests. Therefore, it is my duty to return S.J. Res. 68 to the Senate without my approval."
It's unclear when the Senate might take a vote to attempt to override the president's veto, but neither chamber approved the measure by a veto-proof majority when it passed earlier this year.
Better get this psycho out of there before its to late, if it isn't already!!!!!
sam_vinograd Do you really think Donald - Al Capone - Trump is going to sign away power he is so desperately grasping to hold?
Wtf. Insult this !
If Congress actually cared, they would have done this when OBAMA and BUSH administrations have dropped way more bombs the trump has. hypocrisy FakeNews 2020Election AmericaFirst
Gotta love the hair thing going over his ear!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He needs lots of limits.
What does passing a bill that limits the presidents power to unilaterally target Iran have to do with dividing the Republican Party? Democrats and Republicans passed the bill because Trump rashly assassinated a top military general, not because they wanted to divide republicans.
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sam_vinograd To be honest, I can’t imagine a president who would have signed it knowing the existing Congress is too timid to stand up against him
No, thump is insulting.
Liberate! The WH from this guy on November!
Good
sam_vinograd Why is God taking so long to take him already?
sam_vinograd Only Congress can declare war OR authorize military action against another state. Constitution. It's a thing.
markwwilsonmd ICYS (in case you're surprised)
sam_vinograd Yup. WWIII is totally on the Trump Table
ICYMI obamagate
sam_vinograd Snotty pithy liddle boy wants to play war with a foreigner!
sam_vinograd Can’t they override his veto with enough votes?
sam_vinograd Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! ObamaGate
sam_vinograd What's insulting is this President.
sam_vinograd meanwhile...
*YOU* are insulting to America
The idea that HE would claim anything is insulting, is, in itself, quite insulting.
Otismerk File under Dog Bites Man
He has not seen anything yet.
Vladimir! If this doesn’t scare you it should!
It’s NOT insulting to limit Trumps ability to launch a nuclear war with Iran..
Trump will protect us! Trump 2020!
RepublicanDeathCult
You know what is insulting! Trump being called president when he’s nothing but a lying, corrupt slacker!
Trump is King (in his mind)
Democrats tried to overstep again.
Rekt
And how many unnecessary wars has this kind of unbridled executive action gotten us in to?
Trump is a ❄️.
Fuck this guy, can we get rid of him already?!?! JFC!!
CarlaBLABLABLA How he can veto a limit to his abilities? NOT constitutional!
The senate can overrule with a majority vote, but that’ll never happen, cause the GOP is afraid of being mean tweeted! 🤬
Why is NPR not reporting on the bill, and what parts are insulting? The headline is centered around Trump, and his reaction. Not the bill. You want to end the tiltle of FakeNews? Then report the news, not YOUR reaction to characters in the story
Unsalted that both parties know Trumps incompetent . Only his voters live in a fantasy of Trump being all knowing .
He won’t live to the election.
He’s only got 176 days to get us into a war so he can preempt his removal from office.
Maybe they have the votes to override the veto?
Never mind Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution. That must be infuriating.
Because it's all about him ... Moron
2/3 vote of both houses to override. Go for it.
Yeah buddy. Wind some elections and pass some laws. Guess you would half to show up for work to accomplish that though....
If he doesn’t kill us with of inept handling of the virus, he’ll kill us in a war with Iran.
The thing that is 'very insulting' is at the core of our founding documents: the abhorrence of tyrannical dictatorship espoused in the Declaration of Independence and the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution. Trump is a threat to fundamental American values.
ObamaGate
ICYMI, Trump is a narcissistic, power-hungry ass. Of course he'd veto anything that limits his power.
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good.
So vote over his stupidity
I have no doubt that he’s already taken action without even notifying Congress.
I find him very abusive. And evil. This is insanity.
Too bad there wasn’t a bill limiting Obama’s ability to send them cash.
Having him as president is insulting.
WTF is up with his hair?
You know what's REALLY insulting? More than 80,000 dead, people on Lockdown, children going hungry, people committing violence and YOU, sir, YOU.
What is ObamaGate and why is it trending?
Good! He is commander and chief after all. The dems knew there was zero evidence of Russian collusion yet conditioned to go on msm and lie everyday.
Many people are saying Trump’s head appears oafish at this angle... believe me!
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Amendment25
DictatorTrump at it again TrumpRegime
Just a safe guard!
He is a blatantly dangerous man playing with our lives!!
It’s like a used car salesman who can’t start war, very, very insulted by these checks and balances
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Insulting?..maybe..but one must be of sound mind and body He's not..
25th amendment please...anyone?
He will start something to stay elected.
🤔 ummm, the ultimate fight for powers! has started SpeakerPelosi senatemajldr The word of Congress i.e. 💁🏻♀️The constituents mean nothing, when POTUS can walk all over the people on 5th Ave and let 🇺🇸 die!
He couldn't find Iran on a map
Why can’t November just be the month after May this year?
Asshole
Aaah, this is so insulting! The man smites all checks and balances, then has the full to claim he is the one being insulted. We, the people, are persistently insulted by his refusal to honor his oaths!
You can’t handle this virus.
Soooo ugly.
Adolf?
United States is not Trump hotels or mar a lago!
🤦🏻♀️ I cant even
Brainless people are bully
PottstownNews The members of Congress knew he would. It was all show no blow. He stood up for the Presidency as he should have.
He’s an illegitimate oval Officer.
EthingsG It violates presidential authority
cris22nyc The congress approves declarations of war not the President! What the hell is going on with the politicians of this country & the people. Have you even read your own constitution; do you want a king & lawless dictator. There is reasons to not let a supreme leader have control!
Trump must be removed from power
Trump is a real hero who killed Soleimani the biggest terrorist and now plans to stop a nuclear Iran before it turns into another North Korea Trump2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
🖕 realDonaldTrump
He is just a terrible person
It’s very insulting like we’ve never seen before - arms spread wide at waist. It’s never happened ever before. It’s amazing.
Ok, now it’s congress’ turn
Very Insulting: The Life and Times of Donald J. Trump
realDonaldTrump is the insult to the presidential office! What a douchebag...
Vetoing the bill is an insulting attack on the will of the people.
The real question is why didn’t you him
Right wingers, I hope y'all understand now when folks laugh when you all won't shut up about being free as you criticise leaders of other nations... Right wing Americans are ONLY free to be brainwashed to fight against their own wellbeing, to hate, be selfish, and be inhumane!
Again, with Trump yelling about his so-called Presidential 'POWERS'. This guy is dangerous & must be eradicated!
He’ll have us at war before he leaves office. It’s just a matter of with which country.
haha
So....Congress puts a resolution together that limits trumps power and it goes to trump to sign off on!! That makes sense
It time. We need to take him and his cronies out of office. We're waiting too long.
This thing still around?
The entire GOP & MIGOP are out of here in November.
Or he could have just pulled an Obama and call airstrikes at any whim..
Can’t wait for the insulting electoral attack on his presidential powers in November.
Anyone surprised....?
Who exactly does this man serve I believe he serves the 'people'. He believes himself the 'Supreme Leader'
What does Trump think a President in some trouble might do with regard to Iran Let's check...
Yes, the U.S dictator wants free range over the military. Dangerous! Firetrump
Isn't limiting Presidential Powers a huge part of the Conservative Platform?
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Where would Obama have been if he couldn't send Drones in a the Jihadi's? Trump pulled back from Syria and this greatly upset Nancy Pelosi. But, is she willing to declare war on Syria? You knew this would be vetoed.
Wow!!!
Trump is an insult to the office he holds. And humanity in general.
The problem with giving a president powers: they don’t give them back.
Seems like a good time for a Senate override, no? Too bad Moscow Mitch will never do that.
That resolution deserved to be vetoed. Democrats can't come up with anything that's good for American citizens.
Bipartisan - because he is not stable.
GET HIM OUT
Why can't we veto him. I'm serious...I don't understand why this man is still in office.
We live in the dumbest country in history.
Trump is a insult to democracy and intelligence.
I can see him using the same argument with the election results in November.
Ok, now override the veto and let's show him how our government is supposed to work! Let's give him a lesson while keeping ourselves safe!
Get the tissues again, ha ha 4 more years!!!
Joy to the world, for war is come
trump you ARE UNSTABLE +if you cannot even decide whether to KEEP CORONA TEAM OPEN --how can you decide on NUCLEAR BOMBS that ESPER SAYS ARE PLANTED + 'in play' EVERYWHERE USA calls 'battle considerations'‼️you are DANGEROUS ..if you acted in Jan there'd be less than 70,000 dead
Excellent, Awesome
The impotus should not really be allowed to f things up- any more than he already has ! Enough. Please Vote!! He’s got to go 🙏
I din't feel safe.
I can tell you what's insulting..
I wonder if this has to do with IRAN announcing NWO at a g20 summit... Seems he's going after all the NWO's.
Congress has finally realized it CANNOT invest extreme power in a LUNATIC potus!
His mom is an “Insulting” attack on his Presidency! *runs away giggling*
So how did anyone expect to pass that? The only way will be with an override super majority vote.
Now they need to override the veto!
I was against Obama force-starting a war against Qaddafi and Al-Assad, and I'm against Trump force-starting a war with Iran. It's shocking to see people who had an aneurysm over Libya defending Trump on this one. The Cold War is over. There is no need to expand our empire.
Leftest seem to forget we have three branches of government AND, as President Obama said, “elections have consequences.”
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Trump is an insulting attack on decency.
Yikes to that photo. He looks like freeze-dried hell with his thinning hair, leathery skin, and bloodshot eyes. Also, this seems like a good time to re-up what a previous attack against Iran accomplished.
Cant really be mad at him. Obama bombed Syria even after Congress voted No...
His so called presidential powers are a constant insult to democracy.
Any chance of an override?
Going overseas gave me citizenship and I’m grateful, I love this country and it’s people. However, it is clear that the benefactors in all of this are the contractors. Soldiers and brown people be damned, war is a hell of a business for the 1%.
How?
How can he justify that? He should take the hint, neither party wants to go to war.
He cannot understand what the 3 branches of government are.....He thinks he is King although we see him as a fool.
25AmendmentNow
Dictator
Except Congress alone has the right to declare war under that Constitution thingamajig.
Presidential powers? Jack is totally believing he’s the kingpin. Wrong reality TV show .
Mr trump you are an insult to the office you are in and an insult to the American people
Trump is an insult on a supposedly democratic presidency.
equal to that record I believe this President is the worst in our nations history as well as being the worst person ever.
2/3 vote of both houses to override🤗
Nobody seemed worried about this kind of expansion of Presidential authority for all the years leading up to a Trump presidency, oops!
He's such a damn
Better override that veto fast.
Did we really expect anything else?
I predict a sudden increase in the nations incidence of bone spurs.
This bill would get in the way of his goal to be an autocrat
He’s going to start a war to stay in power. As a last resort
Oh and of course the Senate does not have the fortitude* (word substitution*) to override.
Is completely destroyed USA the only way this country will learn its mistakes?
The resemblance is uncanny.
Keep after it! trump is an insult to the entire country. (imo)
Ironically, I was just thinking about Iran today. What ever happened to that bounty?
Go ahead bozo, take us to another humiliating war.
His presidency is an insult to this country
And SenateGOP will cower and refuse to override this.
I wish we could thumb-down responses.
This government was set up perfect
How dare the peasants question the motives of the King
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The greatest president in a generation and you want to handcuff him? Morons!
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