Washington-SANA
Today, outgoing US President Donald Trump vetoed the defense budget that had previously been approved by an overwhelming majority, allowing him to bypass the president's opposition.
"This text of the law does not include vital national security measures and does not comply with the government's efforts to make America in the forefront in terms of national security and foreign policy," Trump said in an official letter to Congress.
This means returning the text to both houses of Congress who are able to override the presidential veto by voting on it again with the described majority, and if the deputies who supported it confirm their first vote, the text becomes law despite Trump's opposition, which would set a precedent in his presidential term.
This law proposal is separate from the plan to support the US economy, which Trump also looms as disrupting, on the condition that families get more sums.
The defense budget for 2021, approved by Congress two weeks ago, is worth $ 740 billion, and notes in particular an increase in the salaries of defense sector employees by 3 percent.
For her part, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that Congress is considering a new vote to override outgoing President Donald Trump's rejection of the national defense and security budget.
In remarks cited by Reuters, Pelosi indicated that Congress will hold a new vote on the 28th of this month in an attempt to override Trump's rejection of the budget.
Earlier today, Trump announced his rejection of the defense budget and decided to return it to the US Congress.