White House confident Trump will sign omnibus despite veto threat

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE - 03/23/18 11:15 AM EDT

White House officials are confident President Trump will sign the $1.3 trillion omnibus approved by Congress despite his surprise threat via Twitter to veto the bill.

“I think we’ll be OK,” White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short told CNN.

Another official said the White House believes that Trump will ultimately sign the legislation. “I think he just wanted to add a little drama,” the administration source told The Hill. “Everyone here is confident he'll sign it when it arrives at the White House.”

The legislation was approved easily in separate votes in the House on Thursday and the Senate early Friday morning, and Trump had earlier expressed support for the measure.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/379926-white-house-confident-trump-will-sign-omnibus-despite-veto-threat

[HopeAgain]

1. Sure he will -- AFTER the Russian Sanctions are removed

[oberliner]

5. Russian sanctions won't be removed

And he doesn't care about them one way or the other.

He doesn't actually care about anything policy-wise.

[HopeAgain]

8. He cares if Putin cares

[Clarity2]

11. Of course he does

Tillerson makes statement about russia - fired
mcMaster makes statement about russia - fired
Everything they did during the campaign was about lifting sanctions
Its the major point of his presidency

Hes getting direct orders from putin.

[oberliner]

13. No he doesn't

He fired them because he doesn't like their personalities and doesn't think they are 100 percent loyal or supportive enough of him. It's all about him and everybody stroking his ego.

Bolton and Pompeo are both more anti-Russia than Tillerson and McMaster, by the way. Bolton, in particular.

[getagrip_already]

17. bs - bolton just praised putin for expanding freedom in russia

He is VERY pro putin right now.

[oberliner]

20. No he didn't

You're talking about a quote from a five year old video, circa 2013.

Bolton is extremely hawkish on Russia. Watch any video of him talking about Russia on Fox (as he often has) over the last ten years.

[EleanorR]

19. trump refused to implement russian sanctions passed by congress

bullshit he doesn't care

[oberliner]

21. He doesn't like to be told what to do

And he doesn't like the idea of people believing he only won the election because of Russia.

He doesn't actually care policy-wise about anything. He cares about how he looks, how he is perceived, how he is praised.

[EleanorR]

23. he's scared to death of putin nt

[yallerdawg]

2. He still has Mar-a-Lago on the updated daily schedule.

We are in the thrall of a Twitter troll.

[elleng]

3. Right, IGNORE the 'man' behind the curtain!

[Xipe Totec]

6. Man? nt

[oberliner]

4. Agreed

This is all part of the show for him.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Read That Headline Again

The WHITE HOUSE is confident there will be no veto when the guy who supposedly runs the WHITE HOUSE is the one threatening a veto.

Huh?

[HopeAgain]

9. Kelly's last hurrah?

[marylandblue]

10. In other words, he's just yanking our chain, as usual

Wanting to appear in charge, when he actually does what he always does - sign whatever they put in front of him and take all the credit.

[beachbum bob]

12. lol...trump doesn't know what he is going to do, none the less the people around him...if

could advise the democratic leadership, they should all leave town today and let mcconnel and ryan handle a potential shutdown...trump is THEIR president and therefore THEIR problem

[Still In Wisconsin]

14. Yup... just more of Drama Queen Trump being a drama queen.

The only way to truly understand TRUMP, I am convinced, is to think of his presidency as just another reality show.

[FakeNoose]

15. Because Reality TV is the only job he knows how to do

[7962]

16. thats hilarious

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. Major a$$hole!

[getagrip_already]

18. why is this even a question for the wh?

If they aren't sure, what purpose are they serving?

[Bengus81]

24. Veto my ass, Donnie will sign it and jump on AF1 for ANOTHER trip to Florida....

Trying to gin it up like he cares about our debt. BS..................