Trump Vetoes Defense-Spending Bill, Calls It ‘A Gift to China and Russia’

Trump Vetoes Defense-Spending Bill, Calls It ‘A Gift to China and Russia’
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn to board Marine One at the White House on Dec. 18, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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President Donald Trump has vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) because it fails to remove Section 230—the liability shield that protects social media companies, among other reasons.

“Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions,” he said in a Dec. 23 statement. “It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.”

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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