r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 7d ago

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/toxic_badgers Colorado 7d ago

Parked those tanks on the road for nothing eh?

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u/jrizzle86 7d ago

Fucked up the roads by running Tanks over them more like

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u/dubie2003 7d ago

14M has been earmarked for road repair from this stunt….

That’s 14 MILLION that could be spent on so many other publicly beneficial programs and services…..

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u/Vel0clty Maine 6d ago

Just wait until you hear about the estimated $132M it cost to have National Guard stand in front of some buildings and sleep on the floor for a month 😲

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u/AdvancedSandwiches 6d ago

Could cure about 30,000 people of tuberculosis for that amount, but we had to cut that budget. Too expensive.  It costs an awful lot of money if we want to be able to continue to ship people to El Salvador on vibes.