Trump wants to reduce US forces in Korea… “Exercise the right to veto the Defense Authorization Act”

-The White House said on the 15th (local time) that US President Donald Trump will veto the 2021 Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) recently passed jointly by the Senate and House of Representatives. In the process of explaining the reason, the issue of the withdrawal of US troops stationed in Korea and Germany was also discussed.

White House spokesman Kaylee McConaughey confirmed at a press briefing that President Trump is planning to veto the Defense Authorization Act and said, “There is a problem in that the Defense Restriction Act does not have any content to abolish Article 230 of the Communications Quality Act. “Another concern is the provisions on the withdrawal and deployment of troops in Afghanistan, South Korea and Germany.”

President Trump previously announced that he will exercise his right to veto the Defense Authorization Act in connection with the abolition of Article 230 of the Communication Quality Act to regulate SNS operating companies such as Twitter. At the same time, the White House expressed dissatisfaction with President Trump’s imposing cuts on US troops stationed abroad by Congress through the Defense Authorization Act.

The Defense Authorization Act stipulates that the Minister of Defense submits a report 120 days in advance on whether it is in the national interest if the troops of the US troops are reduced to the current level of 34,500 or less. It also put a brake on the presence in Afghanistan, which President Trump announced that it would reduce its cuts, and also restricted US forces in Korea to be difficult to reduce to less than 28,500 currently stationed. Congress passed the bill with bipartisan support despite President Trump’s opposition, saying, “The Defense Authorization Act, which regulates matters related to defense budget and national security, has nothing to do with Article 230 of the Communications Quality Act.” The Senate passed the bill with 84 to 13 and the House of 355 to 78. Even if the President exercised the veto, the law could take effect if more than two-thirds of the vote was voted on the bill to invalidate it again. If the positions of the lawmakers who voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Defense Authorization Act do not change, it is highly likely that the bill will be finalized and put into force despite President Trump’s veto. Washington = Correspondent Lee Jung-eunGo to reporter page>