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TheBlackAdder

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Sat Aug 29, 2020, 06:46 PM Aug 2020

Trump wanted 'tanks and choppers' for inauguration--reportedly gave order to 'make it look like DPRK'

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President Donald Trump wanted his inauguration to be a show of might, according to a new tell-all book.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s book Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady explains the planning process she participated in with Ivanka Trump for the inauguration, according to a new report by Politico.

“I want tanks and choppers. Make it look like North Korea,” Trump reportedly said.

Winston Wokoff gave her analysis of the meeting.

“He really wanted goose-stepping troops and armored tanks? That would break tradition and terrify half the country,” she noted.

There were also discussions of using drones for the event.

“For the inauguration, Mark Burnett, the creator of ‘The Apprentice,’ the television show which paved the way for Trump’s popularity, also wanted to ‘light the sky with drones, and Donald and Melania loved the idea.’ No drones ended up being used to spice up the inauguration — they could have posed a safety risk,” Politico noted.

Daniel Lippman
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SCOOP: According to a new Melania tell-all, Donald Trump wanted his inauguration to look like a North Korean military parade. When discussing the parade during the transition, Trump said: “I want tanks and choppers. Make it look like North Korea."




https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/trump-wanted-tanks-and-choppers-for-inauguration-reportedly-gave-order-to-make-it-look-like-north-korea/


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Trump wanted 'tanks and choppers' for inauguration--reportedly gave order to 'make it look like DPRK' (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 OP
This guy is dangerous and we need to start treating him as such. progressive nobody Aug 2020 #1
Agreed! And the Democratic Party needs to campaign Farmgirl1961 Aug 2020 #2
+1000000 crickets Aug 2020 #4
It was a major flop malaise Aug 2020 #3
Impeach again again. N/T IllinoisBirdWatcher Aug 2020 #5

Farmgirl1961

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2. Agreed! And the Democratic Party needs to campaign
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 06:59 PM
Aug 2020

with that message in mind at all times. By instilling fear in every US citizen about how much a danger tRump is to each and everyone of us.

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