Trump 250th anniversary military parade estimated to cost $25 million-$45 million

The military parade to honor the Army‘s 250th anniversary has ballooned in cost from anywhere between $25 million and $45 million.

The parade in Washington, D.C., is scheduled for June 14, the Army’s semiquincentennial and President Donald Trump‘s birthday. Details about the parade began to surface earlier this year, with the Washington Post reporting the cost could be as much as $45 million.

Trump was asked about the parade and its cost in an interview for NBC News’s Meet the Press earlier this month. He defended the planned parade’s cost as being worth it.

“Peanuts compared to the value of doing it. We have the greatest missiles in the world. We have the greatest submarines in the world. We have the greatest army tanks in the

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