i love a parade
Posted on 02/06/2018 3:21:46 PM PST by mandaladon
President Trump’s vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan a grand military parade later this year showcasing the might of America’s armed forces.
Trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade, but a Jan. 18 meeting between Trump and top generals in the Pentagon’s tank — a room reserved for top secret discussions — marked a tipping point, according to two officials briefed on the planning.
Surrounded by the military’s highest ranking officials, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford, Trump’s seemingly abstract desire for a parade was suddenly heard as a presidential directive, the officials said.
“The marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France,” said a military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the planning discussions are supposed to remain confidential. “This is being worked at the highest levels of the military.”
American shows of military strength don’t come cheap. The cost of shipping Abrams tanks and high-tech hardware to Washington could run in the millions, and military officials said it was unclear how they would pay for it.
A White House official familiar with the planning described the discussions as “brainstorming” and said nothing is settled. “Right now there’s really no meat on the bones,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions.
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i love a parade
couple of pearl handled. Patton’s available?
"Only a pimp in a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would wear pearl handles."
Oh, puleeese!
I believe Patton said they were ivory handled,
only a pimp would have pearl handled ones.
Maybe ANTIFA will show up to protest the parade of Military might, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Let’s see him in the (New Pinks&Greens) in a Service Hat with Scrambled Eggs on it.
The new Vietnam Camo.
Even better, one with the traitors’ heads hoisted high by marching pikemen.
i would rather see a grand doj perp walk of all the treasonous bastards that are walking loose with the military flanking them. how about that @realdonaldtrump?
An annual Memorial Day Parade?
A one time Victory over ISIS ticker tape parade?
........it would make a near perfect cover to have thousands of troops in D.C. when the shit hits the fan! I think that will be when BO, HRC and BJC are arrested.
“Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.”
Isaiah 31:1
your comments and I suspect you are awesome!
Animal House!
I would love to see this; heck, I would PAY to see a magnificent military display.
Trump makes an effort to thank the military, Border Patrol and law enforcement every chance he gets. I think it gradually has an effect.
Blame Obama and dems for cutting funding to the military while mandating that transgenders steer our ships.
[All he has to do is wear a .45 to a news briefing...]
With Sarah Huckabee standing behind him hipping an M-14.
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