Trump Army Parade & No Kings Day Protests: What to Know

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 Submit 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 bought through to the fact 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 completely different stance towards the president, searching for widespread floor. Nonetheless, she stated Monday that her considerations about navy tanks on metropolis roads nonetheless apply.

“Army tanks on our streets wouldn’t be good,” she stated. “If navy tanks had been used, they need to be accompanied with many tens of millions of {dollars} to restore the roads.”

Again in April, Takis Karantonis, the chair of Virginia’s Arlington County Board, urged that spending tens of millions on a navy parade amid DOGE’s aggressive federal cuts wasn’t a terrific thought.

“Right now, it isn’t clear to me what the scope of the parade could be,” Karantonis stated. “However I might hope the federal authorities stays delicate to the ache and considerations of quite a few lively navy and veteran residents, who’ve misplaced or would possibly lose their jobs in latest federal selections, as they mirror on how finest to have a good time the Military’s anniversary.”

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