It's all about meeeeee!!!

[someoneyouknow]

“The cost of our great Salute to America tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth. We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door (Andrews), all we need is the fuel. We own the tanks and all. Fireworks are donated by two of the greats,”

While the Pentagon and other agencies involved so far have declined to give specifics on how much the military's participation and other added factors will cost taxpayers, the Washington Post reported that the National Park Service is using nearly $2.5 million in park entrance fees to help pay the cost, funds that would have been used to do repairs on the nation's parks.

Trump tweeted on Tuesday, "The Pentagon & our great Military Leaders are thrilled to be doing this & showing to the American people, among other things, the strongest and most advanced Military anywhere in the World. Incredible Flyovers & biggest ever Fireworks!"

Uh huh.

A military parade is third world bullshit. We prepare. We deter. We fight. Stop this conversation.
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) February 8, 2018​

After all, what's another $2.5 million, or 3, or 4, or whatever when the National Parks have $12 billion in unfunded maintenance, repairs, and upgrades waiting in the wings? The King of Debt strikes again.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-defends-cost-july-4th-salute-america-event/story?id=64109889

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/02/09/former-seal-calls-trumps-military-parade-third-world-bulls.html

https://www.npca.org/articles/1133-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-nears-12-billion

 

[KeithD]

Even military personnel get premium pay to work national holidays--and resurfacing Pennsylvania Avenue ain't cheap and it disrupts everything for as long as it takes to resurface. And God forbid one of those overflight planes crashes to add to the fireworks.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

He threw the joint chiefs out of the national security council but plans to use them as props 4th of july wrestlmania

 

[someoneyouknow]

UPDATE

He’s calling his event a “Salute to America,” honoring the armed forces, and he’ll speak at the Lincoln Memorial in front of a ticket-only, VIP crowd of Republican donors, administration and campaign officials, family members and those who flock to see him or protest what they see as a divisive intrusion on a traditionally unifying national holiday.

Trump and the event’s organizers could be on the hook to reimburse the government millions of dollars if he goes into campaign mode, in violation of federal appropriations law and the Hatch Act, which bars politicking on government time, said Walter Shaub, who left the Office of Government Ethics in 2017 after clashing with the White House over ethics and disclosure issues.

“There’s not a history of disciplined speaking engagements where he sticks to a script,” Shaub said of Trump.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-vows-july-4-show-of-military-hardware-will-be-worth-the-cost-2019-07-03?mod=mw_latestnews

 

[bodysong]

Matt Wuerker Verified Account
@wuerker

Looking for America....

New toon @politico

(link to Politico site)

10:46 AM - 3 Jul 2019

Human sized American people are passing below massive Trump stage set.

Mom, dad, and child are passing by.

Catption- "Sorry, but we are looking for the Fourth of July Celebration"

Previous version

Trumpypants- " The military is saluting meeeeee!"

Trumpypants is wearing a MAGA hat, and standing at the podium
Mal-ania is wearing a NAGA hat, standing behind him
Both are dressed in pretend military dictator outfits

The military parade is massive, and a flock of military jets is passing
overhead.

Trumpypants is saluting himself! (and posing for a propaganda effort)

(America just financed Trumpypant's campaign propaganda.)

Might not work out as (half-arsed) planned-

Trump and RNC aides are scrambling to ensure turnout at the event
and avoid another controversy about crowd size.

White House allowed staffers to enter a lottery to receive
up to 10 tickets per person — a sign of the administration’s
rush to fill up that space on the mall, said a third White
House aide.

Staffers typically can enter lotteries for anywhere from
two to four tickets to events such as the Easter Egg Roll,
but it is unusual for staffers to get offers for tickets in blocks
of 10, the aide added.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019...y51RMTH0X4WwH_EAyjd8BedXRoJznJaT2VSQ8C2IVfgIM

Even the military band members are boycotting the event.

 

[bodysong]

Cost ?

It is adding up!

The President's tweet also ignores the additional costs of security,
personnel and infrastructure required to put on an event of the size
he wants. The clear ballistic armor necessary to protect Trump
as he speaks costs $24,000 and the addition of extra metal detectors,
Secret Service personnel and barriers necessary for him to speak
will ratchet the cost up higher than in previous years.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/03/politics/military-concerns-trump-july-4th-event/index.html

 

[KeithD]

Trump and the event’s organizers could be on the hook to reimburse the government millions of dollars if he goes into campaign mode,

All of his speeches have been in campaign mode. What bill on them has he ever paid? This man is totally bonkers and out of control. The Trumpettes posting to this board pretty much reflect him.

 

[bodysong]

Dan Rather Verified Account
@DanRather

Tomorrow’s White House press release:

under a brilliant sun millions of patriots cheered the
most accomplished president in American history.

2:27 PM - 4 Jul 2019

 

[KeithD]

How about the 30 million bucks that was pissed away on the phony ass Mueller sham 'investigation'? I suppose you are fine with that bull shit....

Since the investigation will have turned a profit in addition to tossing corrupt Trumpers in the slammer, yes, I'm fine with that. You, on the other hand, are stupid about this. Go look it up.

 

[bodysong]

Impeach Putin's GOP
@upcountrydesign Replying to @ksenijapavlovic


And it's going to continue...

(screenshot of weather mapping of serious storm in DC-
All red and orange, Trumpy colors!)

2:04 PM - 4 Jul 2019

Ksenija Pavlovic McAteer Verified Account
@ksenijapavlovic

It is raining, heavily. This is in the filing center, I feel bad for
the photographers and the video crew on the riser without the
roof

#TrumpParade

(pic of inside the journalist's tent)

12:42 PM - 4 Jul 2019

Ksenija Pavlovic McAteer
Ksenija Pavlovic McAteer Verified Account
@ksenijapavlovic

When it rains, it pours.

#TrumpParade

(pic of Reflecting Pool, fencing, and the Washington Monument0

12:54 PM - 4 Jul 2019

Ksenija Pavlovic McAteer @ksenijapavlovic

Never occurred to me, that the Trumpinistas wanted a storm.
Read that the staffers were worried about a very poor turnout
of Trump supporters. The rain would give them an excuse.

 

[bodysong]

It was a dark and stormy day, and night

UPDATE 6:00 PM EDT (Karoli)

Prepare for a barrage of furious tweets. Furious, angry, irrational, out-of-body tweets if this happens:

JUST IN: President Trump’s July 4th event has been delayed according to CNN. Lightning and dangerous weather are entering the area. The estimated time of delay is unknown at this time, but due to a previously scheduled event for the PBS Capitol Fourth, Trump’s may be canceled.

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) July 4, 2019

JUST IN: President Trump’s July 4th event has been delayed according to CNN. Lightning and dangerous weather are entering the area. The estimated time of delay is unknown at this time, but due to a previously scheduled event for the PBS Capitol Fourth, Trump’s may be canceled.

UPDATE 6:45 PM Trump is yakking along from inside a dry bubble while the few, the proud, the sycophants are forced to endure the elements.

A picture tells a thousand words. Trump forced to speech from behind some sort of barrier that's drenched. #TrumpParade

(pic)

— JohnAmato (@JohnAmato) July 4, 2019

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/07/july-4th-dc-weather-update-its-pouring-and

 

[bodysong]

Steve Redmond
@sjredmond

Dearest Betsy: It was the most hellish of flights across the Potomac.

I sat beside a gentleman extolling the virtues of The Mad king.

He wore a red cap emblazoned with the slogan

‘Make the Colonies Great Again’.

Next time I‘ll take a boat.

Love George

#RevolutionaryWarAirports

5:04 AM - 5 Jul 2019

Steve Redmond
@sjredmond

In Trump’s ongoing #WarOnIntelligence, the (pResident) tonight
referred to the army taking over the airports during the revolutionary
war. Misspeak once, shame on him. Misspeak 10 times a day,
everyday, shame on those who voted for him.

8:51 PM - 4 Jul 2019


Steve Redmond
@sjredmond

General (Bonespurs) may be blaming a #TelePrompTer for
his numerous faux pas last night but my own theory is he
was having a flashback to his humiliating defeat to
General Pelosi at the battle of LaGuardia during the
government shutdown.

#RevolutionaryWarAirport
s
2:30 PM - 5 Jul 2019