Posted on Jul 2, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false statement on military pay
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No reason for him to lie about it. Not sure why people try to pick apart every little thing he says. Makes for more division than bringing this country together. How about people and the media and all parties work to get this country to be united and the best for its people. But that will never happen because people like to point fingers, complain and spread fake news which is pretty damn sick
Trump has no qualms about lying to anybody, including those who put their lives on the line for our country.
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SGT (Join to see) - sure. He's wrong. Take a look at the actual raises compared to the ECI as required by law. Trump did nothing to raise military pay.
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He so frequently lies most of us are numb. What bothers me more is his persistent attacks on his own intelligence community as it places our troops at risk. And he clearly is drawn to dictators and authoritarian leaders such as MBS, Putin, And Kim Jung UN. He desires to be like these role models in having absolute power for life!
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But as I stated in a different post, my issue isnt about the size of the raise at all. The president is flat out lying to the troops and the public about the raises, and that is exactly the type of oversight of government the constitution enshrines with the freedom if the press. When the president lies to the public it is the responsibility of the press to report it. And when they do, that isnt nitpicking or harrassing the president. It is holding him accountable. It's the way our system is designed to work.
Look, I know you love the cheeto Don, but a lie is a lie.
"However, under subsection (e) of this statute, the President can specify an alternative pay adjustment that supersedes the automatic adjustment. Additionally, Congress may pass a law to specify the annual pay raise, superseding the automatic adjustment and/or any presidential adjustment."
Congress could have passed a higher pay raise overriding the presidential adjustment amount if they wanted to. The presidential adjustment amount is put into the administrations budget request that goes to congress, but congress has the final say by passing thespending bills. The president doesnt apply any type of executive privilege to reduce the pay amount aftercongress has passed a higheramount. Once the spending bill is passed the pres can veto it, but cantlower or raise the payamount prior to signing it.