Nope! In Trump’s first time period, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser took credit score for the cancellation of the proposed navy parade. Although her tone has modified, she nonetheless doesn’t appear thrilled concerning the 2025 occasion, because the Washington Put up reported:
Bowser had mocked him afterward in a viral tweet, writing, “Yup, I’m Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington DC, the native politician who lastly obtained through to the truth star within the White Home with the realities ($21.6M) of parades/occasions/demonstrations in Trump America (unhappy).”
This second Trump time period, Bowser has been taking a a lot totally different stance towards the president, looking for widespread floor. Nonetheless, she mentioned Monday that her considerations about navy tanks on metropolis roads nonetheless apply.
“Navy tanks on our streets wouldn’t be good,” she mentioned. “If navy tanks have been used, they need to be accompanied with many thousands and thousands of {dollars} to restore the roads.”
Again in April, Takis Karantonis, the chair of Virginia’s Arlington County Board, recommended that spending thousands and thousands on a navy parade amid DOGE’s aggressive federal cuts wasn’t an incredible thought.
“Presently, it’s not clear to me what the scope of the parade could be,” Karantonis mentioned. “However I might hope the federal authorities stays delicate to the ache and considerations of quite a few energetic navy and veteran residents, who’ve misplaced or would possibly lose their jobs in current federal choices, as they replicate on how finest to have a good time the Military’s anniversary.”
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