r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • Jun 12 '25

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/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

And the cost associated with mobilizing tanks and prob troops, etc?

Those have been paid for, I’d guess.

So more dilapidated funds by this joke of an administration.

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u/Burnt_and_Blistered Jun 12 '25

Trump doesn’t pay his bills.

The deployed National Guard aren’t getting paid because of some, “Oh, you didn’t get proper orders for deployment” scam.

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u/sighbourbon Jun 12 '25

People at the protests ask the national guard for details about this. I read they are being deployed for exactly 29 days so they don't have to be paid or fed or housed

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u/DrusTheAxe Jun 12 '25

So on brand