Donald Trump's "Veto" Tweet

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Donald Trump's "Veto" Tweet refers to a social media post by United States President Donald Trump in response to his intention to veto a U.S. Senate resolution to block Trump's emergency declaration for funding of the president's proposed Mexico-U.S. border wall. The veto is the president's first since being elected to office.

Origin

On March 14th, 2019, President Trump tweeted ^[1] a series of tweets about the senate vote on the border wall's emergency funding. Trump defended his decision to declare illegal immigration on the border a national emergency. He wrote, "Prominent legal scholars agree that our actions to address the National Emergency at the Southern Border and to protect the American people are both CONSTITUTIONAL and EXPRESSLY authorized by Congress. If, at a later date, Congress wants to update the law, I will support those efforts, but today’s issue is BORDER SECURITY and Crime!!! Don’t vote with Pelosi!" The initial tweet received more than 21,000 retweets and 96,000 likes in 24 hours (shown below).

Later that day, the United States Senate rejected President Trump's declaration of a national emergency, which the President was expected to veto, which would unilaterally stop the Senate's resolution.^[2]

That day, Trump tweeted,^[3] "VETO!" The post received more than 35,000 retweets and 150,000 likes in 24 hours (shown below).

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Many on Twitter responded to the President's tweet with jokes, allowing the one-word tweet to finish their setup. New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff tweeted^[4] "the most underappreciated member of It's Always Sunny is Danny De," allowing the "VETO" tweet to finish the name Danny DeVito. CNN's Jake Tapper tweeted^[5] a Roses are red using the tweet. The post received more than 400 retweets and 4,000 likes in 24 hours (shown below, center).

Throughout the day, other commented and joked about the tweet (example below, right).
9everal media outlets covered the tweet, as it was the President's first veto, including CNBC,^[6] CNN,^[7] The Daily Dot, ^[8] The Guardian^[9] and more.