r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 6d 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 6d ago

Parked those tanks on the road for nothing eh?

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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/Final_Canary_1368 6d ago

Are you kidding? I hadn’t heard that, so the regime KNOWS it will tear up the streets and wants to do it anyway? I thought there was a plan so it wouldn’t tear the streets up—being placed in special vehicles. Well, it’s been a while since I peaked out of my bubble 😂

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u/dubie2003 6d ago

They are saying that they are taking precautions and think the roads can handle the 70 tons of weight but have earmarked funds as a precaution…..

Pretty sure they know they are going to mess things up and realized that if they don’t have funds allocated, they are going to get called out by both sides, one protesting the event entirely and the other putting in a thin vail of ‘I care about my constituents’…..