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

  • Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world
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    They won’t have enough majority to override and will get blamed for not fixing everything and in '28 they choose maga again. I hope I’m wrong tho.

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      24 hours ago

      That’s why this has to be blue tsunami or the next two years will be down the drain as far as passing anything.

      They still need to make the effort just so that people will see Trump vetoing the “don’t rape children act” every month.

      But I fear they’ll just use the lack of veto override as an excuse to stay on vacation for another two years.

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        the “don’t rape children act” every month.

        Good idea! 😁😊

        and when Trump vetoes it, let’s see if the Trumplican caucus will vote against an override.

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      Not how it went down in 2006 & 2008. Bush just kept right on sinking and sinking. It could happen that way again. We don’t know.

      If I were to guess, I doubt Trump will be more popular in 2028 than he is now. Voters tend to blame the president’s party for shit, not the party that holds congress. I think there’s a solid chance of a Democratic trifecta in 2029, and possibly a supermajority in the senate.