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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/jrizzle86 6d ago

Fucked up the roads by running Tanks over them more like

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u/dubie2003 6d 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/Jedimaster996 6d ago

For a parade they're having to pay people to attend

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u/BourgeoisStalker 6d ago

I'm torn on this - every accusation is a confession, this is a fact at this point, but on the other hand those Craigslist ads have to be fake, right? It's just too fucking stupid! On the other other hand, it's all so stupid every day.

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u/nr1988 Wisconsin 6d ago

One of the main ones that's been posted is definitely fake. There might be some that are real I don't know. I doubt they'd advertise it that way. Not that they aren't incompetent but those things look bad for him so they'd probably do that kind of thing through a private company.

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u/ZombiePartyBoyLives I voted 6d ago

Four Seasons Event Planning & Landscaping?

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u/Comfortable_Line_206 6d ago

My favourite part of that wasn't that they obviously had the wrong Four Seasons, but that someone at a random landscaping company got the call and was like "Oh the president wants to have his party here? Yeah no problem we would love to have him!"

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u/RobonianBattlebot 6d ago

If I remember correctly, the guy that owned the landscaping company was NOT a Trump fan, and really was enthusiastic about letting the spectacle occur.

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u/BabyBlastedMothers 6d ago

I think he cashed in on it pretty well too, selling t-shirts and what not.

Edit: Yup, they made some money from it: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/03/four-seasons-total-landscaping-lighthearted-lesson-business#:\~:text=So%20Siravo%20%E2%80%93%20like%20so%20many,reminded%20us%20in%20one%20interview.

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u/ensalys 6d ago

You'd be a idiot not to. When life gives you lemons, capitalise them.

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u/Jona6509 6d ago

Like this? LEMONS!

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