• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Biden is not funding Israel. The United States government is. Even if he wanted to stop the aid (he doesn’t), he doesn’t have the power to just ignore laws passed by Congress. Trump did that with Ukraine and got impeached for it.

    • OneOfTheMicahs@rblind.com
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      6 months ago

      I mean, he fundamentally does have the power to veto laws. There are potentially negative political consequences in doing so, but he certainly has that power.