Discussion: Trump's Military Parade To Cost 760 Percent More Than Earlier Estimate

benthere · August 16, 2018, 4:59pm

Yup, this parade is no less than a very expensive boner pill!

occamscoin · August 16, 2018, 4:59pm

I’ll bet part of the cost jump is figuring out closing down washington national airport for all the flyovers.

rhs1963 · August 16, 2018, 5:00pm

General Bonespur produces the most expensive wet dream ever.

abogado · August 16, 2018, 5:01pm

What is it with these guys and the number 666? First it was Jared’s failed Manhattan development at 666 5th Avenue, and now this. Is it a coincidence?

left_in_washington_state · August 16, 2018, 5:01pm

Hence the opening phrase “If only”

occamscoin · August 16, 2018, 5:02pm

I had read they expect about 7,000 soldiers marching. I wonder how many will be non-citizens? How many will have had non-citizen friends discharged from service and deported due to Trump policies?

left_in_washington_state · August 16, 2018, 5:02pm

I now like to refer to him as “Space Cadet Bonespurs”

left_in_washington_state · August 16, 2018, 5:04pm

I’m afraid of what liddle donnie’s bread and circuses will include…certainly something that injures people’s dignity…if not out-and-out blood games.

mcstubbins · August 16, 2018, 5:05pm

It’s become a cliche, but the “What if Obama or HRC did this” game is always a fun time. There would be no parade. Zero chance.

bankerpup · August 16, 2018, 5:06pm

May this year’s parade be the last one he sees outside prison.

Ditto for every Capitol Hill abettor.

abbymac · August 16, 2018, 5:06pm

If that is the publicly stated estimate today, I think we can reasonably expect the TRUE cost to turn out to be at least double that amount

brian512 · August 16, 2018, 5:07pm

That depends on what you think your job is.

If you think your job is to please the boss, then perhaps they are doing it well.

tsp · August 16, 2018, 5:07pm

666%???

Damn! The Devil is always in those details!

captain_america · August 16, 2018, 5:08pm

padfoot · August 16, 2018, 5:09pm

Does this quote include the elephants?

robcat2075 · August 16, 2018, 5:09pm

Some will claim this a sign of Donald Trump’s wasteful priorities but I do not proffer that partisan view.

I see this as a sign that our military is incapable of doing basic tasks economically AND a sign of Donald Trump’s wasteful priorities.

steviedee111 · August 16, 2018, 5:11pm

My all time fave budget pole dance routine:

losamigos · August 16, 2018, 5:11pm

C’mon, TPM, you are playing with us:
Trump’s Military Parade To Cost 666 Percent as in the devil’s workshop?

I would agree, but I see some of the headlines have been changed to the proper 760%
(nice photo though- Trump looking up at the crazy headline)

occamscoin · August 16, 2018, 5:13pm

Sssh! Don’t give them ideas for central american asylum applicants!

bankerpup · August 16, 2018, 5:13pm

Yes, but not the post-parade street cleaning.