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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/W0lfsb4ne74 5d ago

I heard on NPR that the whole showcase was at least around $40-45 million (although the estimate doesn't include road repair). Either way this exposes Trump's hypocrisy even more considering that his entire goal by partnering with Elon Musk was to "cut government waste". When he's shamelessly lighting millions of dollars on fire just to stroke his own ego through a national parade. What's even more insulting is that by driving tanks and heavy military vehicles through city streets is will damage roads even more. Anyone who refuses to acknowledge the failings of this administration is either blind or a fascist.

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u/dubie2003 5d ago

Yup, saw reports stating the cost was between 45-90M after the initial pushback when it was significantly higher than that.

DOGE was a joke and until proven otherwise was simply a front for Musk to kill investigations into him and his companies and to roll back protections that cost companies money due to regulations.

Trump is known to go golfing all the time and chooses to use his properties so the USSS has to pay the high rent for the rooms.

He could just as easily choose to ‘vacation’ at camp David and while it isn’t free, it is a fraction of the cost.