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Originally Posted by RedFred
Okay, for the 47th time.....TRUMP CANNOT SPEND MILITARY MONEY WITHOUT CONGRESS
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Originally Posted by kane
He likely doesn't have the legal authority to reallocate that money and even if he does, where are they going to cut to give it to him? He just made a big deal about giving more money to rebuild the "greatly depleted' military left to him by Obama and now he wants to take it back.
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Normally that would be true. However, the President has
declared a Human Rights Emergency AND has notified Congress that
he's invoking the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. By making these two declarations President Trump has communicated that he has the authority to NOT spend any funds he doesn't deem necessary and will return them to the US Treasury.
If he determines that building a Wall on the Southern Border is a defense against Human Trafficking,
he can move funds from anywhere else in the Defense Dept Allocation & simply build the Wall. Congress is powerless to stop cash reallocations on an omnibus bill AND cannot stop the DOD from taking measures under a declared Emergency. Despite their language in the Omnibus Bill about the Border Wall,
it is trumped by the State of Emergency that Trump declared.
This article is from March, 2018:
President Trump hints he may use Defense budget to build the border wall now
