wrong. the president can chose to not spend money that congress allocated according to presidential tradition. it's a power that was used by presidents called "impoundment" all though history until congress over stepped their authority in 1974 during a fight with nixon, to try and make it no longer possible, in the 1974 budget law. the plan for trump is to use potus authority to stop spending w/o congressional approval by using this long used power, and challenging the 1974 budget law on impoundments and get it nullified by the court, even the supreme court if needed.
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