{"id":29226,"date":"2018-09-20T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/20\/trump-tweets-throw-new-doubts-into-defense-appropriations-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:18:33","slug":"trump-tweets-throw-new-doubts-into-defense-appropriations-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2018\/09\/20\/trump-tweets-throw-new-doubts-into-defense-appropriations-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tweets throw new doubts into defense appropriations deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Just as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2018\/09\/18\/as-deadline-approaches-senate-advances-674-billion-defense-budget-bill\/\" target=_blank>Pentagon\u2019s budget for next year<\/a> appeared settled, a series of early morning tweets from President Donald Trump raised the possibility of problems with the congressional appropriations process in days to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, who has repeatedly complained that Democrats are undermining national security by blocking funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2018\/03\/27\/trump-privately-suggested-the-military-pay-for-a-border-wall-report-says\/\" target=_blank>to construct a wall along the southern U.S. border<\/a>, took to the social media platform Thursday morning to blast \u201cthis ridiculous Spending Bill\u201d for sidestepping the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms?\u201d the president wrote. \u201cDems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also quoted Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., who earlier in the week blasted Democrats for \u201cobstruction\u201d for their opposition to the wall issue and to finalizing a host of White House nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/09\/18\/as-deadline-approaches-senate-advances-674-billion-defense-budget-bill\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4650979.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">As deadline nears, Senate approves $674 billion defense budget bill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">To avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, House lawmakers must pass the spending measure next week.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came just two days after senators overwhelmingly passed a \u201cminibus\u201d appropriations measure that would provide about $674 billion for the Department of Defense in fiscal 2019, along with full-year funding for the departments of Health and Human Services, Education and Labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If House members agree to the deal next week \u2014 and leaders from both parties have already signaled they will support it \u2014 the plan will mark the first time in 10 years that the defense budget has been finalized before the new fiscal year, which starts on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Trump\u2019s comments scuttle those House plans, or if Trump decides to veto the measure, it would trigger a partial government shutdown at the end of the month instead of the legislative victory lap that lawmakers had been anticipating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon officials in recent years have lamented the use of temporary budget extensions to avoid federal funding halts and operations shutdowns, saying they inhibit their ability to start new programs and keep equipment purchases on schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump did not specifically advocate for stopping the defense minibus deal, or say he would veto the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the four agency full-year budgets, the legislation also includes an extension of the current spending levels for a host of other departments until Dec. 7. Congress is expected to deal with final funding for those programs \u2014 and possibly the border wall issue \u2014 after the November mid-term elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, lawmakers finalized a similar appropriations package for the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction funding. Trump is expected to sign that bill into law in the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big news\u2192 By a vote of 93-7, the Senate just passed legislation that fully funds our national defense. Our military is now set to receive its full funding on time for the first time in 10 years. 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