The repair costs are part of the estimated $45 million price tag for the upcoming parade.
The cost to repair Washington, D.C., streets after the upcoming military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary could cost as much as $16 million, according to U.S. military officials.
That’s part of an estimated $45 million total cost for the June 14 military parade, which coincides with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The cost estimates have fluctuated as planning continues.
The parade itself will include about 130 vehicles, including 28 M1A1 tanks, 28 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 28 Stryker armored fighting vehicles and a number of vehicles towing artillery launchers. More than 50 helicopters will also participate in an “extensive flyover” in the nation’s capital.
The event will also bring more than 9,000 soldiers from around the country to Washington, about 7,000 of whom will march in the parade itself. The event will also include at least eight Army bands, and some troops will ride on the nearly three dozen horses and two mules expected to march as part of a historical section of the parade.
I never thought I’d see the day when a draft dodging felon was given a military parade for his birthday.
For the record, fuck the draft. If they ever call it up again, I encourage everyone to metaphorically burn their cards en masse, and present a middle finger to the federal government.
But you don’t get to use daddy’s money and connections to be allowed to stay when others have to make an actual choice to make a stand, and you sure as FUCK shouldn’t get to have a military parade after doing so.
If the 9,000 military personnel had any sense of duty to the oath they all took, then they would refuse to go, or honestly even do the funniest thing on planet earth.
Cheeto said it himself, “he who saves his country commits no crime”
Trump isn’t being given anything.
He is ordering the military to do the parade. This isn’t even about the military.
Trump is doing this to show his followers that he owns the libs. That he is powerful. Because, in a twisted sense, he is.
He is forcing DC to put on the parade. He’s forcing the government to pay for it. He’s forcing the residents to deal with the consequences.
This is about power projection.
We are in fascism times.
Make no mistake, there are plenty of people in positions of power, who could all make sure this doesn’t happen.
They aren’t. Mostly because they want it to happen (also to own the libs) , or because they don’t seem to realize we are in fascism times and think “surely there is a good reason for this”
They are giving it to him.
People or governments that go through a totalitarian regime don’t realize they’re in one until full control is taken away from everyone. Recent example Venezuela and Hugo Chavez. Willingly they (congress) gave Hugo Chavez the government complete and total power. Venezuela used to have a Congress and judiciary branch believe it or not.
Trump is doing this to show his followers that he owns the libs. That he is powerful.
Nobody is ever going to forget that Trump is a ridiculous clown though. This just reinforces that Trump is a narcistic buffoon, and gives DC residents a great opportunity to show up with Baby Trump and Clown Trump pictures.
US be like: sorry, we simply have no money for bike lanes or sidewalk repairs :(
And yet the US Army has infinite money
To be fair, 16 million would only get you a few dozen kilometers of bike lane and only if its the shitty painted on ones. If you wanna build actual height difference protected bike lanes, 16 million is basically nothing.
But also this parade will probably cost upwards of 100 million if you actually included all the invisible secondary costs.
16 million is only the cost of the damage to the roads. The parade itself is estimated to cost $45 million and that’s assumed to be an underestimate.
You mean this ridiculous clown is costing us $45 million?
Here’s the plan, we all show up, we boo and throw tacos.
Is he 11 years old? What kind of loser bitch asks for a parade on their birthday? Or like, at all?
Name one honorable person that has requested a parade in their honor.
He’s wanted one ever since he was invited to the French défilé by Macron during his first term. For whatever reason dictators love this shit (I’m not saying Macron is one, just that it made a huge impression on Trump).
American military helicopters seem to have a hard enough time not crashing into things when there’s only one of them flying around
Oh I do hope there is a spectacle.
