President Trump threatened to veto what is regarded as a need to-move $740 billion defense paying out bill unless of course it drops a necessity launched by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to rename US armed service bases that honor Confederate leaders.

“I will Veto the Protection Authorization Bill if the Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren (of all people!) Modification, which will lead to the renaming (furthermore other undesirable factors!) of Fort Bragg, Fort Robert E. Lee, and several other Armed service Bases from which we received Two Entire world Wars, is in the Monthly bill!” the president reported in a tweet late Tuesday.

The Republican-led Armed Services Committee previous month permitted a movement requiring the Pentagon to rename military services bases and assets named soon after Accomplice leaders — defying the president, who warned them not to assistance the measure.

The committee permitted the modification to the once-a-year defense invoice that will build a commission to rename all Pentagon assets that bear the identify of Accomplice generals inside the next three years.

Metropolitan areas have started eradicating statues honoring Confederate leaders as the country engages in an psychological dialogue about race and civil rights in the wake of George Floyd’s loss of life at the hands of a white Minneapolis cop.

In a past tweet, Trump expressed his disapproval of the measure.

“Seriously unsuccessful presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren, just launched an Amendment on the renaming of numerous of our famous Military Bases from which we qualified to Acquire two Environment Wars. Ideally our wonderful Republican Senators will not drop for this!” he wrote June 11.