SPECIAL REPORT: President Trump Signs Omnibus With Warning

(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Delano Scott)

By 1600 Daily Staff

President Trump held a special press event on Friday to warn Congress that the status quo is unacceptable. The president reluctantly pledged to sign the bill, but not without warning Congress that “I’m not going to do it again. ”

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The Washington Examiner has the story:

“President Trump said he signed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill into law on Friday, despite threatening hours earlier to veto the legislation due to frustrations with its paltry border security funding and failure to codify protections for undocumented youth.

‘My highest duty is to keep America safe,’ Trump said. ‘Therefore, as a matter of national security, I’ve signed this omnibus bill….’There are a lot of things I’m not happy about in this bill. There are a lot of things we should not have had in this bill,’ he said. But Trump also warned that this would be the last omnibus bill he signs into law, and said the process for getting the bill to his desk this week was ‘ridiculous.’

. . .

‘You tell me who can read that quickly,’ Trump said of the 2,232-page bill. ‘I’m not going to do it again.’

. . .

‘We have to get rid of the filibuster rule … and go to 51 votes in the Senate,’ Trump said.”

The president sent Washington into a frenzy with tweets first threatening to veto, then calling the press event where he gave the above remarks. The president strongly considered a veto, then said that any benefit of a veto would be outweighed by the funding for the military, which the president has fought for. The warning to Congress stands as a call to get their house in order before the next funding bill comes to President Trump’s desk.

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grandma
grandma
6 years ago

OH WOW! Trumps WARNS them!

Lions and tigers and bears…OH MY!

THEM demoncraps are jist shakin’ in their boots! Not really…It’s just the sucking sound as Trump goes into their Disneyland vortex…

Lewis Tripp
Lewis Tripp
6 years ago
Reply to  grandma

Granny, stick it up your…………………

Jess Thinkin
Jess Thinkin
6 years ago
Reply to  Lewis Tripp

@ L.Tripp: Classy!

Carol Perkins
Carol Perkins
6 years ago
Reply to  grandma

The sucking sound is YOU GRANDMA YOU SUCK, go live in another
country if you don’t like a free, patriotic,economically sound country.
Iran or Yemen comes to mind, perfect for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mary
mary
6 years ago
Reply to  Carol Perkins

good for your response, I was raised in a communist country, most people don’t realize how
good they have it in U.S.A.

Nick
Nick
6 years ago
Reply to  grandma

Shut-up…like you or ANYBODY ELSE could have done better to AMERICA and our MILITARY! He did what was necessary at this point in time. He also stated unequivocally that this will be the LAST OMNIBUS BUDGET he signs. What would you have done in his predicament?

Robin
Robin
6 years ago
Reply to  Nick

I agree, the Swamp , McConnell, Ryan, Pelosi and Schumer really stuck it to the President! I am so sick of these people, they need to be VOTED OUT!!! President Trump did what was needed to keep our country safe, especially since Obama and his cronies gutted our Military over eight years! What would some of you people would have done in his shoes?! He has done more for this country in one year than any other President, just remember that! I am still supporting this President, he needs all of us to watch his back, since most of the GOP keeps stabbing him in the back! Trump 2020

Eugene Crocker
Eugene Crocker
6 years ago
Reply to  grandma

If I were you I would be though. That is shake in your boots. You have to be the lowest life form of slime. Nothing else would explain what you have said. I am writing in short sentences, so you can understand. If I were to write my usual sentences, you would be lost. I am try to keep them under fifteen words. You liberal democrats can’t handle more than that. I can imagine if the democrats wrote the bill. Each sentence must contain only two words. Anything beyond that requires comprehension and a mind that works.

Rebecca
Rebecca
6 years ago
Reply to  Eugene Crocker

Suck it up and put your man pants on dude.

Learned the Hard Way
Learned the Hard Way
6 years ago
Reply to  grandma

If you indeed are a grandma, your posting suggests you need to be living in an attended facility because you have lost all your faculties or your medicines have lost their effectiveness.

Donna
Donna
6 years ago

HORRIBLE! Because of this I will no longer support Pres Trump & #GOP because @realDonaldTrump signed an awful #Omnibus by compromise. I see now it does not matter who we vote for, because all promises are never kept & business as usual GOP CAVES NO SPINE COMMIE DEMS & RINOS WIN

This awful bill now suspends my 2ndAmendment rights are gone!!! I see it does not matter who we vote for, because all promises are never kept and business as usual GOP CAVES NO SPINE Communist DEMS & RINOS WIN

I will no longer Support President Trump! Promises broken! There is no reason to vote for any GOP – they will lose the Mid-Terms, so therefor I will never vote in elections again because I will never vote for DemocRAT! Very sad Trump is whimp and caves to DemocRATs!! No Spine!!

@POTUS This’s NOT what WE voted for These TWO Spineless Closet Globalist so-called @GOP @SenateMajLdr & @SpeakerRyan buckled 2Nancy & Chuck demands & funded everything on Dems WishList wt 1.3T Omnibus Bill We Voted For The Wall No Funding For SanctuaryCity No Funding For PPhood

Shannon
Shannon
6 years ago
Reply to  Donna

Donna, pull yourself together! This is nowhere near as bad as you make it sound. Sometimes a President has to do things he doesnt want to, for the greater good of the American people. How does this bill suspend your 2nd amendment rights? You should stay the course, you are Republican and you support Pres Trump! Dont fold! That will mean you are weak.

Selim Gamer
Selim Gamer
6 years ago

When have we heard this before? republicans and democrats are only good at one thing: spending tax payer money.

howard bowman
howard bowman
6 years ago

count me out let’s get a new conservative President

Michael Horvath
Michael Horvath
6 years ago

What is really disturbing is Schumer and Pelosi saying they got more of what they wanted than when they were in control?

ted dura
ted dura
6 years ago

trump should piss them all off and stop all immigration to the US permanently–no exceptions! say a 100 yr freeze should do it–then round up all DACA for removal period–he needs to stop playing nice and grow a pair- and start jailing the crooks he knows exists in our govt–no bail– just jail !! thats what they will all understand–if he did he’d jail over 75 percent of congress–

Elaine Plante
Elaine Plante
6 years ago
Reply to  ted dura

Ted dura. GOOD IDEA!!!!????

grandma
grandma
6 years ago
Reply to  ted dura

Agreed! Of course he should permanently stop immigration and round up the daca-caca illegals. But the chances for anything more coming from Trump that even remotely resembles sanity, are pretty close to nil. He has decided the fight is not worth the cost. It’s faaar easier for him to suck up to the degenerate demons.

Carol Perkins
Carol Perkins
6 years ago
Reply to  grandma

Grandma – you don’t even make any sense. What are you smoking!!!

M.K.
M.K.
6 years ago

So disappointed that Trump allowed himself to be buffaloed into signing this bill. He let the swamp rats bait him with supporting the military. How disappointed he is going to be when he realizes he was scammed! He should have stood his ground……they will no long be afraid to continue down this path. Dems and rinos won……the patriots lost!

Shannon
Shannon
6 years ago
Reply to  M.K.

I think this little “compromise” will harden Pres Trump. Playing nice with the Dems will be a thing of the past, once he realizes he has been played. The wrath of The Donald will fall on the Dems responsible for this travesty. I look forward to seeing how it all unfolds.

grandma
grandma
6 years ago
Reply to  M.K.

I’m sure he already knows he was scammed. He just thinks he has a better scam up his sleeve. And it it is pretty obvious he doesn’t give a flying rip that he’s pissed off much of his base. It seems to be one of those acquired DC habits.

James
James
6 years ago

Trump needs to show some strength when dealing with these congressional swamp dwellers .

Shannon
Shannon
6 years ago
Reply to  James

Read my comment to the post above yours. It sorta applies to your comment.

Jim LaGuardia
Jim LaGuardia
6 years ago

Trump is wise to fund the military because they are his strong right arm. If you know what is going on behind the scenes, this make a lot of sense. That is why he is putting up with the usual congressional foolishness. Stay tuned. The best is yet to come.

Rebecca Macom
Rebecca Macom
6 years ago

It’s dummycrats silly

JUdith Srach
JUdith Srach
6 years ago

I NFEEL”SOLD OUT”

Ed Dvorak, USN Ret.
Ed Dvorak, USN Ret.
6 years ago

Absolutely disappointed!! Say it isn’t so.
Trump is now schumers b****

Alan
Alan
6 years ago

Trump should start working now on the 2019 budget and push what this bill did not include.

Freebie
Freebie
6 years ago

This was a mistake. Yes the military needs vast funding thanks to Obama., but why are we paying for border security for other countries and not our own? Why are we funding planned parenthood and sanctuary cities? Seems to me all of these wasteful things would have paid for the wall and our own security!!

James E. Stewart
James E. Stewart
6 years ago

I agree with President Trump! He made the correct decision and will continue making correct decisions. His staff is excellent. It will be even better when he is able to get rid of those in the government who are criminals in many ways, in the past and currently.

Amy
Amy
6 years ago

But, if he didn’t read the whole bill because it was 2 thousand + pages, who knows what he signed. Pelosi was laughing, we won.

g
g
6 years ago

I couldn’t be more disappointed in our president. He should have vetoed that stupid bill. He has to stand his ground or he will lose his base. Whats the difference between voting form a democrat or voting for Trump and have him do the democrat’s bidding. He must stand up and do what he ran on to keep his base or he will never be re-elected

S. Campbell
S. Campbell
6 years ago

Very disappointing, Democrats & RINOS are running the show. Both houses of Congress are of no use what so ever to the conservative agenda.

Rick
Rick
6 years ago

The President was spot on in his assessment. The process is insane and a massive waste of money on various bills which are contained within. What amaze’s me most is how the Democrats want to keep those in the DACA program hanging in limbo just to use as a political crutch. I think the President did an outstanding job conveying this and hopefully those in the program will not fall for the bull coming out of the mouths of the Dems. It is the Republicans who are trying to help them and the Democrats who are, as usual, using them and thinking they are to stupid to see through the charade.

Richard Abbruzzio
Richard Abbruzzio
6 years ago

Trump should start packing his bags its over for him and the Republican party after signing this Chuck and Nancy approved bill. Once again the American People were lied to!

Robert
Robert
6 years ago

President Trump should not have signed this bill it is good for the Liberals not good for the country. If the Government shut down he should blame it on the Democrats. He should keep his promises or he won’t be re elected in 2020

Ronald Good
Ronald Good
6 years ago

So are you becoming just another politician. If you don’t like it, VETO IT.
Drain the d*** swamp. I drained the one in my last contract position.
Do you need my help.

Jack Pasch
Jack Pasch
6 years ago

We have a BROKEN government! This government is not longer for the American people it is for the greedy. Planned parenthood is being funded and they kill thousands of babies a year and sell the body parts! This is barbaric and not civilized. We sent Republicans to DC to eliminate Obamacare and we still have it. Many congress people are lairs and cheats. This is why the American people have such a low evaluation on the legislative branch of government. What have we become? I have NO confidence in our legislature branch of government all they think about is themselves and their pocket books. God help us because no one else is going to. One day GOD is not going to bless America and those who have cheated and lied will have to face Jesus.

James Higginbotham
James Higginbotham
6 years ago

i had hoped Trump would have VETOED THIS GARBAGE BILL.
and the UNIPARTY WINS AGAIN AND WE THE PEOPLE LOSE.
I AM F****** DONE.

kIP
kIP
6 years ago

I am with you. No vote for him again.

Philip A. Byler
Philip A. Byler
6 years ago

I understand your frustration, but Trump had to fund the military. Trump will take action so that this does not happen again. Trump has battles ahead, and adding this one right now would be too much.

Jim Jordon
Jim Jordon
6 years ago

The fact that the American people have been betrayed by the Republican Party, and a President that most patriotic and caring citizens believe in is beyond sickening. When you consider the bill would not have passed the House without support from some Republican members of Congress and the same in the Senate, it just goes to show that we have a snake in D.C. that has one body and 2 heads. The fact that these “traitors” allowed the draconian firearm provisions in the bill, and that nothing was in the bill about the border wall, plus all the other garbage which hurts our country.
We desperately need a new third party, which has the American people first and the lackeys of the rich and powerful last. Until that time comes we will continue to watch the Republic slowly die from within because of the traitors like McConnell , Schumer, Pelosi, and Ryan . To paraphrase Churchill “This was not their finest hour”. RIP America

Nick
Nick
6 years ago

Weak, who needs you? Must be a Democrat.

Don
Don
6 years ago

We have to stand with this President if we really want it to change. Love this country, hate this government of spend and waste. You may not like him, but we will be better off in the long run.

grandma
grandma
6 years ago
Reply to  Don

Yes…you are 1,000 percent correct. But the question is, “Why must he be a JACKASS and piss off his base AGAIN, while making the DEMON hordes pleased as punch?”

Patrick McKelvey
Patrick McKelvey
6 years ago

He did the best he could, knowing the GOP would be blamed, the military wouldn’t get its deserved enhancement, and he wouldn’t get anything toward the wall if he refused to sign it. Congress loves to cover up the giveaways with a lot of extra words, but over 2,000 – ecch!

tommy dinwiddie
tommy dinwiddie
6 years ago

I feel Trump just joined the Swamp today. I support the military, but he gave up to much to the Demorats. He should have vetoed it and put it back on Congress. Congress rammed another bill so they could go on another 2 week vacation. They also got a raise in this bill. They get raises for sticking it to the American people. The Demorats and the never Trumpers sugar coated the bill with the defense spending to get what they wanted. Pelosi and Schumer are laughing all the way home. The gave him a drop in the bucket for the wall, while they funded Planned Parenthood , sanctuary cities, money for a Schumer tunnel,and a Congressional raise. I hope i am wrong but i feel he just shut the door on a second term and we will lose the House this year and that will open the door for impeachment. Sad day for America!!!

Jan
Jan
6 years ago

I agree , no more immigration. Deport all illegals. We are a nation of laws. They broke the law so they can leave. A strong message needs to be sent. Obey our laws or suffer the consequences.
Congress,/ FBI members also have some members that deserve consequences. NOW

Linda
Linda
6 years ago

I would like to see a list of all the pork & the name/State/district of the person who “sold” their support for the Bill to get it passed. I wonder how many “studies” & “bridges to nowhere” we the people will be paying for.

Dem Jessica Turlov on FOX Outnumbered this morning said that Dems got “everything they wanted” in the Bill & then it was pointed out to her that evidently Dems really didn’t want DACA.

Shannon
Shannon
6 years ago
Reply to  Linda

Ma’am, Pres Trump did not sign a BILL. He signed an Omnibus Budget. Big differences between the two. An Omnibus budget is a Suggestion, not a hard and fast budget. Pres Trump doesnt have to sign anything in the Omnibus Budget, if he doesnt want to. Obama did it all the time. If there is a piece of budget that Nancy or Chuck want, Pres Trump doesnt have to sign it. As a previous commenter said “he trumped the Dems!”

Ron
Ron
6 years ago

Now we know how a president can turn red into blue with the stroke of a pen. The swamp creatures are celebrating their great victory. For those who believed in Trump it is a very sad day.

TERRY APPELL
TERRY APPELL
6 years ago

What in the hell is the matter with you President Trump ????? Are you anti-American ???
This bill has items that are UN-CONSTITUTIONAL !!! THE “RIGHT of the PEOPLE to KEEP and Bare ARMS ” SHALL ‘NOT’ be INFRINGED,” means exactly that….congress CAN “NOT” enact any GUN control without removing the SECOND AMENDMENT…

Dan S.
Dan S.
6 years ago

James, I’m with you. I look at that picture of Rand Paul holding the bill and it’s just f’ing un-believable that so many in the house and senate can happily pass a bill they didn’t even read. The American people lose again.

Banknote
Banknote
6 years ago

I am sure Iran and Russia are all ears to this speech. It is less for the American audience than foreign.

Over 65 and still working.
Over 65 and still working.
6 years ago

I think Trump should make Congress live by the same rules they set for the rest of America, I would be willing to bet that they would fix everything and fast. Make them live on Social Security and live by the same rules as everyone else.

David Butler
David Butler
6 years ago

That’s a mighty deep hole he just dug for him to climb out of. I’ve backed him from the beginning but I’m now looking for some new blood, grow a pair. We need a tiger in our court!

r. knight
r. knight
6 years ago

Disappointed? Yes. What is it that people don’t understand about being broke. Shut the government down and keep it down till we have a spending bill that puts money back into the treasury. The tax on a six pack of corona and a pack of taco shells don’t foot the bills that Hose and Marie and their six kids are running up. Close the borders north, south, east and west indefinitely . Nationalist? No problem for me not that crazy about banana’s and coffee anyways.

Rita Wray
Rita Wray
6 years ago

Democrats are very happy today. But those of us who voted for Trump are not.

J Hanson
J Hanson
6 years ago

I am more than disgusted! I had hoped & prayed that President Trump would veto this garbage bill–yes, the uniparty wins again & we the people lose! Not happy!

Ken Christensen
Ken Christensen
6 years ago

Mr. President, That You Are WHY DID YOU SIGN IT, We The People THOUGHT You Were With Us, We Were SCREWED The Last Eight Years, WE NEVER Marched, We Accepted Obama We Never Destroyed Buildings Never Hurt OUR POLICE, We BELIEVED In YOU SO Why. I Will Not Vote The GOP Again, Mr. President You Will Be A ONE TERM PRESIDENT, & The Fault Is On YOU, How About YOU STEP Back & Let The VICE PRESIDENT TAKE CONTROL, I’M Very Sorry To Say This !!

Dennis Berg
Dennis Berg
6 years ago

looks like Trunp and the American people got snookered by McConnel and Ryan again. When will we ever learn?

Steve Bonham
Steve Bonham
6 years ago

the Republican Party is all but finished. faster than if Hillary won

Leon Pollock
Leon Pollock
6 years ago

A trillion dollar omnibus spending bill approved by our president is not acceptable and should have never been signed, the only one item he won was the military spending everything else was DOA . I am really upset over this elfin boondoggle !!!!

Ken j Bower
Ken j Bower
6 years ago

Trump warning the Democrats isn’t going to Stop them from doing it again, But I’m surprised he didn’t use the line Veto and pullout what didn’t like!

Linda
Linda
6 years ago
Reply to  Ken j Bower

There is no line veto any more. I think SCOTUS said it’s unconstitutional.

Jack
Jack
6 years ago
Reply to  Ken j Bower

Simple, Ken: He doesn’t have it…Republicans passed it in 1996 and Clinton used it 80+ times and then the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in Clinton v. City of New York in 1998. Had Trump vetoed the entire bill, Congress would have voted again and I’m sure would have managed to scrounge up two more RINO votes to get to a 2/3 majority and override his veto. IMO, it was a losing proposition any way you cut it.

Lighting
Lighting
6 years ago
Reply to  Ken j Bower

Congress has never passed legislation that gives the president line item veto power, all he can do is veto the entire bill and send it back to congress to fix it.

Shannon
Shannon
6 years ago
Reply to  Lighting

He didnt sign a bill, he sign an Omnibus budget. Big difference in the two.

Bob
Bob
6 years ago
Reply to  Ken j Bower

There is no Federal line veto.

Jim Compton
Jim Compton
6 years ago

CUT SPENDING!!
I read books that make a mockery of spending. A few years back in one of these books that expose stupid spending, The authors found a man making $35000 per year to measuredephth of the Erie Canal
daily

Bob
Bob
6 years ago

I agree with Ted stop all immigration for at least 20 years,stop printing ballots in forgine languine make english offical for every thing

James Clooney
James Clooney
6 years ago

President Trump—remember no one can lose your voting base but YOU and by signing this budget bill you are on the way to doing just that

Nick
Nick
6 years ago
Reply to  James Clooney

No he’s not!

Giles Benson
Giles Benson
6 years ago

Wow, GOP is just like the Dems…spend spend spend. Sorry Mr President, I will sit home on Election Day. Good luck trying to limit the election landslide

maggieanne
maggieanne
6 years ago

President Trump—I understand the importance of supporting the military, BUT, the democrats got what they wanted, all you got was funded the military! What happened to the Southern Border? What happened to deporting the illegals? You, sir, have sorely disappointed your base, and many of us are wondering if WE should be looking for another candidate for 2020?? Only YOU can lose your voting base, but you can damage your credibility to the point we wonder about next time! PLEASE reassure us that you will stand by your campaign promises!

Royboyg
Royboyg
6 years ago

Where are our 2nd amendment rights

William Petite
William Petite
6 years ago

Sorry to say, they played you, President Trump, in the future they will use the military against us.
Ryan, McConnell, Graham, McCain, Sessions, and the likes, are all bought and paid for. The real criminals walk free, and the corrupt managed to disrupt and undermine the Trump Admin. chasing ghost crimes. His own political party betrayed him as well. For me I’m finished with all politics, will not even vote in the mid-terms, what happens, happens! I cannot participate in such a corrupt system. The people keep electing these scum bags, and they deserve what they get. We have states now that protect criminals, what a joke, congress said we can’t do anything, our hands are tied. What good are they? They are willing to have a fence, as long as it is not taller then 3 ft. At the same time we, Americans, are going to pay for fence’s
in the Middle East Country’s, We have lost our country, been betrayed by those that only know how to lie to us, and foolish voters, uneducated, or uniformed, believe them, and keep putting them back in office, they have no idea, of what they have lost already, and will loose in the future. But don’t worry they are doing it for you good. LOL The chain they put on you, is to keep you from running and falling and hurting yourself, they don’t want any of you to get any booboo’s

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