LIES AND THE LYING LIARS THAT TELL THEM
‘I Cancelled It!’: Once Again Trump Tries to Save Face – by Lying About His $92 Million Military Parade
The cost of President Trump’s military parade skyrocketed Thursday, with estimates from the Pentagon coming in at $92 million, not the $12 million originally projected. After the news broke that the cost would be nearly eight times higher than originally claimed, Pentagon officials announced they had postponed the event.
Not according to the commander-in-Chief.
President Trump Friday morning blamed the cost on the “local politicians who run Washington, D.C.,” which is ludicrous.
The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. 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. Never let someone hold you up! I will instead…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
Trump claims he cancelled the parade, rather than given the District of Colombia money.
That, by all accounts, is just plain false.
Trump then said perhaps he’ll have the parade next year, “when the cost comes WAY DOWN.”
Why would the cost come way down? There is no legitimate reason to think that.
Many scoffed at the idea of a wasteful parade, saying any discretionary monies spent should go to homeless veterans and to the VA.
Not Trump, who tweeted, “Now we can buy some more jet fighters!”
….attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, & go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
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