Chris0nllyn
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Military parade upsurprisingly tripled in cost
Back in February:
Today:
Back in February:
http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...itary-parade-could-cost-as-much-as-30-millionPresident Trump’s proposed military parade could cost as much as $30 million, budget director Mick Mulvaney said Wednesday.
Mulvaney told the House Budget Committee that the parade's cost would vary depending on length, but could be anywhere from $10 million to $30 million.
Today:
https://apnews.com/53566c92681c4330...Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlowThe Defense Department said Thursday that the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won’t happen in 2018.
Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said the military and the White House “have now agreed to explore opportunities in 2019.”
The announcement came several hours after reports that the parade would cost about $92 million, according to U.S. officials citing preliminary estimates more than three times the price first suggested by the White House
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1030423480725118976The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it. Never let someone hold you up! I will instead...
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1030426536871116801....attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, & go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters!
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