Kind of weird that somebody talked some sense into him.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The 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…
7:57 AM - Aug 17, 2018
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
…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!
8:10 AM - Aug 17, 2018
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I can almost see the rusty wheels in his head spinning and smoking, eighty million for a parade, that’s ridiculous, it shouldn’t cost much to march some guys down the street. Uh Mr President, that high cost is to handle the crowds, not to pay the marchers.
Bravo Mr President. This is why America elected you. There’s no doubt Hillary would have demanded a parade down Pennsylvania Ave. This is what Conservatism looks like.
There’s no way he cancelled it. This is him saving face because the Pentagon had postponed it. Not to mention, he’s blatantly saying that this parade that only he wanted was taking money away from procurement. So why did Trump want less money for procurement just so big tanky things could rumble down the road in front of him? I think that’s a legitimate question for the Commander in Chief.
Lol at the Pentagon people had to scramble to start to come up with plans, based on some offhand remark by him, and now he just cancels the whole damn thing with a pout and a stamp of his tiny foot on Twitter.
That’s one thing we really haven’t covered here. Anytime a boss or a CEO or the president starts making comments or telling people to investigate stuff it takes time, effort and money.
Here’s what I started doing to a similar person 35 years ago (that was my boss). I’d look at him, tell him I was on it then park it on my desk. He sent me on a wild goose chase too many times and I simply got tired of it.
Trump: I’m only going to spend $9 million taxpayer dollars on a totally needless trip (vacation) to Paris to watch a parade than spend $92 million taxpayers dollars on a totally needless military parade here at home.
All he knows is that those big shiny jets, tanks, and men marching by make him feel bigly. Did you know his parents once sent him to military school? Which as many, many people agree is often more like the military than the actual military. So in a real sense, Donald’s just reliving his days as a soldier when he plans parades.
