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2026-10-24 21:48 UTC

Trump threatens to ‘veto everything’ during a Democratic Congress President Donald Trump threatened to veto every piece of legislation put forward during the second half of his administration if Democrats flip control of the House or Senate during next month’s midterm elections. “Well, I think the Republicans are going to win. But if there was, you call it gridlock, what happens is I veto everything,” Trump told reporters Friday morning while speaking on the South Lawn. “And then the Democrats come and they want to make a deal. So we’ll work it out.” Historical precedent and polling data suggest Democrats are on the cusp of flipping at least the House next month and possibly the Senate, due to public frustration over the Iran war and high costs of living. So, they will override his veto

Replies (21)

  • @BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 2026-10-24 22:23

    Well THERE goes Any and ALL Attempts to Change things! Just VOTE in 2028 so we can FINALLY Enact change! -LITERALLY Democratic Politicians!

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  • @BooBees@fedinsfw.app 2026-10-24 21:59

    Dems will likely do well, but I don’t think they’ll get 2/3rd majority and republicans for sure aren’t gonna help Dems, they’re too far gone.

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  • @orlyowl@piefed.ca 2026-10-24 21:59

    So, they will override his veto I will be giddy if Dems win enough seats to have the 2/3 of both house and senate it takes to do so.

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  • @auzy1@lemmy.world 2026-10-24 22:05

    How many are needed to officially boot the diarrhea colored convicted criminal?

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  • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2026-10-25 04:47

    Woah. Sorry, I didn’t think he’d be a petty bitch until now. He’s always been a moral leader, but maybe now I might think again. I find it hilarious that his biggest supporters hurt more than me. I want to help them, but they vote against me.

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  • @FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2026-10-25 01:28

    Trump likes big butts and he cannot lie

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  • @Serinus@lemmy.world 2026-10-24 22:13

    “And then the [other party] comes and they want to make a deal. So we’ll work it out.” Uh, yeah. That’s how it usually works. Why do I get the impression that his idea of “making a deal” involves paying him personally?

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  • A very clear statement that he values petty party politics more than leadership of the nation. The un-patriot president. Anti-citizen one.

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  • @SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2026-10-25 06:56

    Aww shucks, guess I’ll vote Republican then to keep the big boy in the white house from having a meltdown. Sike, I am not even murrican, but if I was I would be voting for whatever is most likely to give him an aneurysm.

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  • @aesthelete@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 07:41

    Who cares? At best you’ll get nothing done. That is better than getting bad things done IMO.

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  • @KeithD@lemmy.nz 2026-10-25 08:27

    So, they will override his veto That depends on whether the Democrats win every senate seat that’s contested this year. If not, they’ll probably need some fence crossers in the senate to reach the two thirds majority to override the veto.

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  • @Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 08:45

    the great thing about vetos is they can be overridden. thay migjt just push hom over the edge to oblivion

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  • @rumba@lemmy.zip 2026-10-25 09:15

    And in turn, they’ll keep impeaching you.

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  • @Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2026-10-24 23:38

    Hmmm, while they do their job investigating Trump, I’m wondering why don’t Democrats just give him gaudy looking prizes and call him the best president ever, make AI Trump Jesus healing leper style paintings and a little money on the side to pass Medicare for All and other priorities? He is attracted to flattery, vanity projects and faux gold trinkets, he has no inner morals, so his signature on a bill might not be as hard to get as some might think…

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  • @Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 2026-10-25 10:37

    We had a king Veto for a short while. He became shorter.

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  • @anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 11:00

    Won’t be necessary, dems won’t get anything done because the parliamentarian.

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  • @Inucune@lemmy.world 2026-10-26 05:37

    Sounds like a quick way to get impeached(again) with the followup removal this time… Because Trump doesn’t have the decency to step down.

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  • @Entropy_Pyre@lemmy.ca 2026-10-25 13:18

    This is kinda how it goes every mid-term election. I’m used to it by now. The way the US government is designed is hostile to progress and dragging its feet the whole time. The few moments when any party gets multiple seats of power, they sprint as far and fast as they can before the gears get clogged again. You gotta just play the hand you’re dealt. If democrats win a majority, but not a supermajority, their job is to at least stop things from getting worse for a while.

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  • Don’t threaten me with a good time. That’ll just make Republicans look even worse.

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  • @gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-26 07:11

    I for one can’t wait to see how democrats will snatch failure from the laws of victory on this one. Can they impeach him 2 more times with zero consequences?

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  • @Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 16:00

    So, they will override his veto Flipping both won’t override a veto. They need 2/3. So, that’s not going to work out. Recall that Democrats couldn’t muster a majority to pass higher minimum wage with house and senate. (I mean, they could have, of course, they just don’t)

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