Price tag for Trump's military parade could reach $45 million [View all]
Source: Washington Post
A massive military parade planned in Washington next month will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million and will involve dozens of war planes, hundreds of Army vehicles and thousands of soldiers from across the country sleeping in downtown government office buildings, an Army spokesperson said Thursday.
The parade, to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, will be held June 14, the same day as President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, and will include representation from all 10 active military divisions, said Army spokesman Steve Warren.
The parade’s overlap with Trump’s birthday has prompted ire, especially at a time when his overhaul of the federal government includes slashing the Department of Veterans Affairs. The president has long mused about soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the streets of the capital and aircraft roaring overhead. Protest plans are also underway.
About 3,000 service members will be housed on unused floors of a General Services Administration building and 2,000 in a Department of Agriculture building, Warren said. Most participating service members will arrive a couple of days before the parade, he said, and leave June 16.
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Complete waste of money at any time, but especially when the president is a draft-dodging dictator-fellating treasonous crook.
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