Even If He Considers It A National Emergency

wow -- Trump is crashing out: "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT" pic.twitter.com/M6zJf2XWPp

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 24, 2026

 Ummmm…

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Article I, Sec. 7, cl. 2, U.S. Constitution 

Trump is probably counting on a “pocket veto,” because Congress is due to recess soon for July 4. But:

An adjournment of Congress during a session does not prevent the President from returning a bill he disapproves, as long as appropriate ar- rangements are made by the originating House for the receipt of Presidential messages during the adjournment. Thus, it has been held that a Senate bill cannot be pocket vetoed by the President during an ‘‘intrasession’’ adjournment of Congress for more than three days to a day certain, where the Sec- retary of the Senate has been authorized to receive Presidential messages during such adjournment. Kennedy v. Sampson, 511 F.2d 430 (D.C. Cir. 1974); see also Kennedy v. Jones, 412 F. Supp. 353 (D.D.C. 1976). The Supreme Court has held that the adjournment of the House of origin for a period not exceeding three days while the other House of the Congress remained in session, does not prevent the return of a vetoed bill to the House of origin. Wright v. United States, 302 U.S. 583 (1938).

The 10 day clock doesn’t start running until the bill is presented to the White House; and day of presentment, as well as Sundays, don’t count. So the Senate could appoint someone to receive the President’s “message,” and prevent the pocket veto.

But Trump has announced the cancellation of a signing ceremony, which might well be the “return” required by the Constitution. He doesn’t have to veto it. 

Which would mean the pocket veto never engages, especially if Trump makes his refusal/“return” formal by sending it to the Senate before they recess.

The most reasonable explanation is that he’s too stupid to know what he’s doing, and he had no leverage to get the SAVE America act passed.