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President Donald Trump has made the first vetoes of legislation since retaking the White House nearly a year ago, setting up a potential showdown with US lawmakers.

The two bills he vetoed passed Congress with bipartisan support, meaning lawmakers could muster enough votes to override him in the new year.

A Trump ally, and well-known Republican, Representative Lauren Boebert, sponsored one of the bills, which was aimed at cutting the amounts that communities in her home state of Colorado are paying toward a new water pipeline.

The other bill would have supported a flooding mitigation project for a Native American tribe in Florida that had sued to stop construction of "Alligator Alcatraz".

In a message to Congress, Trump called the Colorado plan economically unviable.

"Enough is enough. My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding expensive and unreliable policies," Trump said.

He added the bill would have hurt repayments to the federal government for building the pipeline, which will bring fresh water to the eastern part of the state..

Boebert, one of a handful of conservative lawmakers to break with Trump and push for the release of the Epstein files this winter, responded to the veto with a post on X, writing: "This isn't over."

"I sincerely hope this veto has nothing to do with political retaliation," she then said in a statement.

Trump has also sparred with Colorado's political leaders over the imprisonment of Tina Peters, a 73-year-old county clerk who echoed false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and was convicted by both the state and US government for election security-related offences.

Trump, who pardoned Peters of her federal charges this month, has called on the Colorado's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, to release her.

Polis has said it is up to the courts to decide her case, which has become a rallying cry for Trump's Make America Great Again wing of the Republican party.

"Free Tina Peters!" Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday, and wrote about Colorado officials: "I wish them only the worst. May they rot in Hell."

The second bill he vetoed, the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act, would have required the Interior Department to help the tribe in Florida prevent flooding in a part of their community that has vulnerable infrastructure.

In his veto message, Trump wrote that the Miccosukee had conducted "unauthorised" development on the land in question.

The White House also alleged the tribe "actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected."

The Miccosukee tribe took legal action against the Trump administration's construction of an immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz".

In court filings, the tribe had argued it was uniquely impacted by the construction of the site, and its construction posed environmental risks.

source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74vl374mnyo

King of the earth.
Cyrus of our time.
God bless you, Don.

The hand of God on the earth today. God bless America.

Vetoes Bills against those Republicans that voted to release the Epstein files.

How is this any of our business

Trump should just handover come 2028. Possibly to another republican, his vice jd vance.

Trump has been making symbolic moves to emphasize the power of the US presidency

Trump my guy. Apc guys hate this man. Not like one king of thug in aso rock

Trump na talk and do

Excess power oo. He knows that God brought him back to totally change the world

More like third term bill.

jahsharon:
source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74vl374mnyo

Please reconstruct your headline. Your headline seems misleading at the very tensed global political period

RollinTNDA:
How is this any of our business

Then it not for you, skip next time!!!

Axis313:
More like third term bill.

Please read through the post. The headline is misleading

jahsharon:
source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74vl374mnyo

Everything about Trump's life is vendetta, vindictiveness, fraud and self-gratification

Zero redeeming features in him

A president with balls and spine.

Danjunior:
Please read through the post. The headline is misleading

tinubus boys always know what they are doing.

Nwaikpe:
King of the earth.
Cyrus of our time.
God bless you, Don.

The hand of God on the earth today. God bless America.

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Even for stopping people from getting good water to drink in the so called almight America?

dalongjnr:
A president with balls and spine.

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Far less than Tinubu who did what Army generals couldn’t do over decades. Tinubu cancelled the fraudulent Fuel and FOREX subsidies in his first 30 minutes as President and now he has snatched the Local Governments away from the evil hands of the State Governments by paying LG allocation directly into LG accounts, something all past Presidents but civilians and military couldn’t do since Local Governments were first created in the 70s.

Tinubu has iron balls. He fights the big devils, not petty Ogbanje, unlike Trump who is running from China, Russia and even small North Korea but oppressing Venezuela and now Greenland

Sirianese:
Everything about Trump's life is vendetta, vindictiveness, fraud and self-gratification

Zero redeeming features in him

U go show proof wen hand touch u

simpleseyi:
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Even for stopping people from getting good water to drink in the so called almight America?

Is it dat u cant read or u no just wise?

Segxydube:
Is it dat u cant read or u no just wise?

both my guy.

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Even his own one time supporters are going against him. They're seeing how vindictive he is and is using the power of the Presidency to get back at whoever didn't agree with him. Imagine going against a pipeline to bring fresh water to the residents of eastern Colorado ... Americans ... basically because the FG wouldn't profit. But he can give billions to Argentina ...Israel and Ukraine ... foreigners. MAGA indeed. The Indians ...the true Americans... the ones the Whites met when they first came to settle...the ones they killed off...now he's exposing the few that are left this reservation to be subjected to possible flooding ...... because they did not allow his billionaire friends to build a massive detention center on their reservation. How can one support such a spiteful person? But note..... ask yourself why is he building all these massive detention centers when his promise was to deport the illegals? How many were deported?...how many were detained? Detention centers is a money maker for his billionaire friends .... paid per detainee with a minimum guaranteed number paid for whether present or not. Power and greed is never a good combination... we're seeing the results.

Y Very very very old news

simpleseyi:
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Far less than Tinubu who did what Army generals couldn’t do over decades. Tinubu cancelled the fraudulent Fuel and FOREX subsidies in his first 30 minutes as President and now he has snatched the Local Governments away from the evil hands of the State Governments by paying LG allocation directly into LG accounts, something all past Presidents but civilians and military couldn’t do since Local Governments were first created in the 70s.

Tinubu has iron balls. He fights the big devils, not petty Ogbanje, unlike Trump who is running from China, Russia and even small North Korea but oppressing Venezuela and now Greenland

Governors are still holding the money.

I want Trump to remain in power for a very long time.

Flangelo12:
Vetoes Bills against those Republicans that voted to release the Epstein files.

It is interesting that some of you just joined the bandwagon. When Epstein's case started it was Donald Trump that went to Florida police to report Jeff for stealing young girls from Mar a lago . The police even stated that Trump was the only high class resident that cooperated with them. Trump wanted Epstein jailed and Epstein wanted a revenge. All these before Trump ever ran for President.

If all Epstein's files are released it will affect many celebrities, heads of states and governments in many nations, royalties etc. probably not Trump as the media wanted you to know. If Trump was complicit the dems would have brought it out in his first term. Even Epstein himself would have leaked it. All they have is picture of Trump with Epstein at the Mar a lago club which is a public space

Nwaikpe:
King of the earth.
Cyrus of our time.
God bless you, Don.

The hand of God on the earth today. God bless America.

the pain in the asssss of many

IgOga:
It is interesting that some of you just joined the bandwagon. When Epstein's case started it was Donald Trump that went to Florida police to report Jeff for stealing young girls from Mar a lago . The police even stated that Trump was the only high class resident that cooperated with them. Trump wanted Epstein jailed and Epstein wanted a revenge. All these before Trump ever ran for President.

If all Epstein's files are released it will affect many celebrities, heads of states and governments in many nations, royalties etc. probably not Trump as the media wanted you to know. If Trump was complicit the dems would have brought it out in his first term. Even Epstein himself would have leaked it. All they have is picture of Trump with Epstein at the Mar a lago club which is a public space

Stop lying.

A girl who worked at Mar-a-Lago spa made a house call to Epstein and she was assaulted.

She reported this to management and it was going to bring heat to Truno so, he asked Epstein not to use such services anymore.

Outside of Epstein and Maxwell, of the 1% of the Epstein files released, Trump has been mentioned more than anyone .

He is an adjudicated wapist and known to grab women by the Pa55y.

Even his own Republican member is saying that she hopes it is not retribution for going against him relating to the Epstein files release that this bill is being vetoed.

If the Epstein files publishes all Democrats, let it be.

We don't care.

Justice must be done.

Danjunior:
Please reconstruct your headline. Your headline seems misleading at the very tensed global political period

The headline is not misleading. Na comprehension they worry you.
And that's the way BBC put the headline.
This is Trump's 2nd term. This is the first bill he vetoed in this his 2nd term. So how is that misleading?
Kimo21, you can read this too. I never knew BBC is also one of Tinubu's boys

Flangelo12:
Vetoes Bills against those Republicans that voted to release the Epstein files.

Demoncrats stopped the files not republicans

wolesmile:
The headline is not misleading. Na comprehension they worry you.
And that's the way BBC put the headline.
This is Trump's 2nd term. This is the first bill he vetoed in this his 2nd term. So how is that misleading?
Kimo21, you can read this too. I never knew BBC is also one of Tinubu's boys

Apc data boys, bbc and cnn, leftists in general hate trump theres no difference between you all so I don’t know why you’re quoting me

You can absolutely admire Tinubu’s willingness to take hard decisions — and many analysts say Nigeria hadn’t had a credible plan for subsidy reform for decades. But leadership that takes on big problems also has to manage the fallout responsibly and communicate clearly, and that’s where broader public debate comes in.
So rather than framing it as “only Tinubu can do what no one else could,” it’s more accurate to say:
👉 Tinubu pursued long-discussed economic reforms that many past leaders avoided or implemented only partially. These moves were economically significant and controversial, and their long-term success depends on how well the benefits reach ordinary Nigerians.

simpleseyi:
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Far less than Tinubu who did what Army generals couldn’t do over decades. Tinubu cancelled the fraudulent Fuel and FOREX subsidies in his first 30 minutes as President and now he has snatched the Local Governments away from the evil hands of the State Governments by paying LG allocation directly into LG accounts, something all past Presidents but civilians and military couldn’t do since Local Governments were first created in the 70s.

Tinubu has iron balls. He fights the big devils, not petty Ogbanje, unlike Trump who is running from China, Russia and even small North Korea but oppressing Venezuela and now Greenland