Melania, Donald Trump leave White House for last vacation before Biden takes over

US President Donald Trump and First Ly Melania Trump on Wednesday left White House for a vacation ahe of Christmas celebrations. Republican leer and his wife will celebrate Christmas at ir lavish Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Trump and Melania departed White House in Marine One helicopter before waiving at press for photographs. This could be last such trip for first couple before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20. 

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Trump left White House hours after vetoing $740.5 billion Pentagon defence budget, which he said failed to dress his dispute with bill. Trump wanted removal of certain clauses before approval of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by US Congress. 

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Trump wanted removal of Section 230, a law that grants immunity to social media firms from third-party content published on ir platforms. Trump alleges that law hampers national security of country and has rallied against it repeatedly. Trump is also against bill because it calls for renaming of US military bases named after Confederates generals, who fought for preserving institution of slavery during American Civil War.

However, US Congress, which h passed bill with a comfortable majority to override presidential veto, is likely to pass bill anyway. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called Trump's action a "staggering act of recklessness".

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Trump slams COVID relief bill

Meanwhile, Trump in an dress to nation called COVID-19 relief pack negotiated between Democrats and Republicans, a "disgrace". Trump alleged that 5,000 p COVID-19 relief bill is so lengthy that body in Congress has re it. He furr ded that it has thing to do with COVID-19 and is meant to push forward "leftist" nda, citing assistance to foreign nations such as Cambodia and Myanmar that has been allegedly included in bill. 

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