Nosmo King
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Make war not smart.The parade will cost taxpayers up to $30 million.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A military parade requested by President Donald Trump will take place in November on Veterans Day in Washington D.C., but to minimize damage to roads it will not include tanks, a Pentagon memo released on Friday said.
Last month Trump asked the Pentagon to explore a parade in celebration of American troops after the Republican president marveled at the Bastille Day military parade he attended in Paris last year.
The memo listed a number of guidelines for the parade on Nov. 11 and said the parade route will be from the White House to the Capitol and have a “heavy air component at the end of the parade.”
“Include wheeled vehicles only, no tanks - consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure,” the memo said.
It added that the parade would focus on the contributions of U.S. military veterans throughout history, starting from the American Revolutionary War.
Critics have argued that a parade could cost millions of dollars at a time when the Pentagon wants more stable funding for an over-stretched military.
The parade will cost taxpayers up to $30 million, the White House budget chief has said.
More: Trump’s Military Parade Planned For Veterans Day — Without Tanks
Wow, only $30 million to feed Trump's ego. Well, at least it's on Veterans Day.
$30 million? No problem, we'll just defund a bunch more liberal money-wasters.
Let's see, where can we start? PBS? NPR? the Department of Education? Food stamps? Welfare?
It seems to have worked on you. We never strut ever. A $30,000,000 waste of resources so Trump can emulate his Russian hero Pitin.
Will there be billboard size images of Trump along the parade route?