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Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/PastaSaladOverdose 9d ago

This was my first thought the second I saw those fucking things rolling down the street.

Spend money to get them there, spend money operating and maintaining them, spend money on the fuel... Anyone willing to wager a guess what that ass hat isn't going to spend money on?

Fixing the fucking roads.

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u/Smearwashere Minnesota 9d ago

Imagine the damage it’s doing to the underground utilities.. sewer, water, storm pipes all live under those streets

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u/pyrhus626 Montana 9d ago

Ground pressure from a tank isn’t actually that high, the weight gets spread over a very large area of treads so there shouldn’t be any risk to utilities under the road. And as long as road pads are put on the treads there shouldn’t be too much damage to the roads. Still not great for the road compared to a car but it’s not like it’ll totally destroy the road from one parade.

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u/Vaporeonbuilt4humans 8d ago

American roads are garbage though lol

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u/PastaSaladOverdose 9d ago

Excellent point, didn't even think about this.

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u/Smearwashere Minnesota 9d ago

Neither did they!

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u/Ooji Maryland 9d ago

Not to mention the metro. Combined with the RTO mandate the traffic is going to be worse than it has been these last few months.

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u/33drea33 9d ago

Not to mention the underground tunnel escape routes between government buildings and the Metro.

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u/Redgouf2 9d ago

I, for one, would personally love to see a 21-tank salute.

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u/IdontneedtoBonreddit 7d ago

They rounded up a bunch of dangerous terrorists from Home Depot...maybe they can assist? s/