D.C. mayor hits back after Trump claims he 'cancelled' military parade, blaming District officials..

[DonViejo]

D.C. mayor hits back after Trump claims he 'cancelled' military parade, blaming District officials for high cost

By John Wagner, Reporter
Peter Jamison, Reporter

August 17 at 9:17 AM

President Trump on Friday blamed local officials for his decision to postpone a grand military parade in Washington this fall, alleging without evidence that they had unreasonably inflated the price.

“The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it.”

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About an hour after the president’s tweet, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) delivered her own caustic response on Twitter, indicating the desired parade would have cost $21.6 million to organize in the nation’s capital. The federal government typically reimburses the District for a large share of the security and logistical costs for such events.

Link to tweet

A city official said the planning process for the parade had been difficult to coordinate with White House officials, who had been slow to communicate details of the event, including plans for a specific date.

Trump’s tweets were aimed at a government run by Democrats. There are no Republican elected officials in the District. All members of the city council are Democrats or independents.

In a statement, a Pentagon spokesman on Thursday provided no reason for the apparent postponement, which came amid a spate of news reports that the event, which is expected to include aircraft, vehicles, period uniforms and symbols of U.S. power, could cost up to $92 million, far more than originally estimated.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-blames-dc-officials-for-postponing-his-planned-military-parade/2018/08/17/e96687c8-a205-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html

[justgamma]

1. I don't think that DC

is paying for all the jets, aircraft and whatever shiny objects Cheetolini wants saluting him. Did he think that those are free?