Trump vetoes three congressional resolutions blocking Saudi arms sale, Senate fails to override

President Donald Trump vetoes three joint resolutions — S.J. Res. 36, 37, and 38 — on July 22, 2019, which had passed Congress with bipartisan support and would have blocked the emergency $8 billion Saudi Arabia and UAE arms sale. The Senate had passed the resolutions 53-45, including several Republican votes. Trump argues Congress is "micromanaging" foreign policy and that the resolutions "would weaken America's global competitiveness and damage the important relationship we have with our allies and partners." Congress lacks the two-thirds majority required to override the vetoes. The failed override exposes the limits of the AECA's disapproval mechanism: even bipartisan congressional majorities cannot stop a determined president who controls the emergency certification.