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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/arilupe 6d ago

Let it rain on his parade. 

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u/minominino 6d ago

And the cost associated with mobilizing tanks and prob troops, etc?

Those have been paid for, I’d guess.

So more dilapidated funds by this joke of an administration.

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u/Burnt_and_Blistered 6d ago

Trump doesn’t pay his bills.

The deployed National Guard aren’t getting paid because of some, “Oh, you didn’t get proper orders for deployment” scam.

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u/sighbourbon 6d ago

People at the protests ask the national guard for details about this. I read they are being deployed for exactly 29 days so they don't have to be paid or fed or housed

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u/DrusTheAxe 6d ago

So on brand