Pentagon Contradicts Trump On Military Parade Cancellation
Source: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
By CHRIS SOMMERFELDT, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
on August 20, 2018
Defense officials didnt brief President Donald Trump on cost estimates for his long-desired military parade before he canceled it last week, the Pentagon announced Monday, seemingly contradicting the presidents own statements on the matter.
The president was not briefed by any member of the Department of Defense on any cost associated with the parade, Col. Rob Manning told reporters at the Pentagon. Mannings announcement appears to be at odds with what Trump said after media outlets reported last week that the military extravaganza, which was originally planned for Nov. 10, could set taxpayers back $92 million. The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it, Trump tweeted Friday. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it.
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truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)He endlessly repeats patterns of bad behavior.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)may try to pull.
NBachers
(17,120 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Not the Pentagon.
The media reported the high cost, and he's blaming said high cost on the District itself.
Thus, The Pentagon reporting 'costs' directly to him is not a necessary part of IQ45's 'argument' (i.e. he is apparently claiming to have been informed of costs by the local politicians) ... ergo, there's not really a contradiction with the Pentagon here.
Is he full of shit about having gotten the number directly from teh Politicians? I'm sure he is ... but that's his 'argument'.
Ya know, it's part and parcel of his all-knowing-tough-guy-awesome-sauce-super-powerful facade he loves to portray. He wasn't 'surprised' by the cost, you see? He knows more than the Pentagon, thus he doesn't need them to inform him, cause he already talked to the important people himself cause he just ON TOP of EVERYTHING, and he knows them, and they either fear or love him, depending on which bullshit storyline he's made up to explain away his INCOMPETENCE and WEAKNESS.
IOW the Pentagon is doing his bidding here, he wants it to look like he took on the 'corrupt DC politicians' (you know, a lot of them are BLACKS!) and he's the hero, saving taxpayer dollars from their rapacious ways.
Snellius
(6,881 posts)Everyone knows it's bullshit but, since Trump blames everything on someone else, the someone else has to go through the formality of denying it so they won't be attacked. Become a persistent pattern.