Trump reverses stance on spending bill, brags about political victory

[DonViejo]

Source: ABC News



By ALEXANDER MALLIN, BENJAMIN SIEGEL and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI
May 2, 2017, 1:01 PM ET

President Trump this morning touted his administration’s political victory on the spending bill in a ceremony originally scheduled to honor the Air Force Academy football team.

"After years of partisan bickering and gridlock, this bill is a clear win for the American people," Trump said from the White House Rose Garden with a group of Air Force cadets standing behind him.

"We brought lawmakers together from both sides of the aisle to deliver a budget that funds the rebuilding of the United States military, makes historic investments in border security and provides health care for our miners and school choice for our disadvantaged children," Trump said of the government funding deal reached by Congress late Sunday night.

The $1 trillion spending bill, which will keep the government running through September, does not include funds for a wall on the border with Mexico, one of Trump's key agenda items. But the bill does include a $15 billion increase in funding for the military and $1.5 billion more dedicated to border security.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-threatens-shutdown-ryan-defends-spending-deal/story?id=47155267

[niyad]

1. uhhh, douche boy, you do realize that there is a budget every year?

[IronLionZion]

2. Isn't he tired of winning yet?

It has to make his own head spin, doesn't it?

[More_Cowbell]

3. "in a ceremony originally scheduled to honor the Air Force Academy football team"

He is incapable of letting someone else be in the spotlight. It's psychotic.

[MBS]

5. yes, indeed. n/t

[onethatcares]

4. as someone once told me,

"I'm lost but I'm making really good time".

[David__77]

6. Well, that's better than losing, right?

If Trump wants victories, I'm sure the Democrats would be happy to oblige him, provided he change his mind/platform. He can take a page from Schwarzenegger in California, during his second term.

[Blue Idaho]

7. "We brought lawmakers together from both sides of the isle"

Their mutual distrust and lack of respect for the President made this all possible - right Donald?