Good thing it’s not binding. Show of “farce” by the house.
JUST TO BE CLEAR
This vote in the house is bullshit. Seriously, it is meaningless. Even if it passes the senate as well, it just means no funds can be spent to WITHDRAW from NATO.
Are you kidding me? Ok, Pres. Trump says, we no longer are in NATO. He refuses to sign any bill that goes towards funding it. The house or senate must override his veto.
This is so fucking stupid.
>Sauce:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a warning to President Donald Trump not to try to withdraw the United States from the NATO military alliance, the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at preventing such a move.
The Democratic-led House approved the measure by a bipartisan 357-22 vote, with the only "no" votes coming from Republicans.
<It now goes to the Republican-majority Senate, where its future is unclear, although a similar measure has been introduced there.
At a news conference before the vote, Democratic lawmakers said they were alarmed by reports of the Republican president's low regard for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a 70-year-old military alliance that joins the United States and Canada with allies in Europe.
The New York Times said last week that several times over the course of 2018, Trump privately told his advisers he wanted to withdraw from NATO.
Publicly, the president has rebuked NATO allies for spending too little on defense.
<The legislation that passed the House Tuesday reaffirms lawmakers' support for NATO, and says no U.S. funds will be spent to withdraw the United States from it.
"This bill … makes it clear that the United States Congress still believes (in) the NATO mission and will prevent any short-sighted efforts to undermine NATO or unilaterally withdraw our country," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, said.
"It is in a sense crazy that we have to be doing this," added freshman Democratic Representative Tom Malinowski, a former assistant secretary at the State Department.
"I take the President of the United States seriously. He has made no secret of his disdain for the NATO alliance and his willingness to consider leaving it … Congress is now the only check we have," Malinowski said.
Last week a bipartisan bill was introduced in the Senate to prohibit any U.S. president from withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval.
https://www.businessinsider.com/r-house-approves-bill-warning-against-us-nato-pullout-2019-1
That’s the best part.
We would be SAVING money!
No funds spent to withdraw from NATO.
What weak ass, mentally deficient, beta transxer backhole came up with this, and who legitimately believes that this would stop Pres Trump from leaving NATO?
He would just be like, “Oh, you WANT me to save Billions of dollars per year that we are spending on something outdated and we have been paying the lions share of since it’s inception? Other countries will stop sucking at the teat of America while corrupt politicians funnel the money we give to them for their own pet projects and personal enrichment?”
Fuck, I would bet he actually signs it and says fuck you NATO. No more handouts. You want our protection? You are going to pay US!