Washington is Trump's preferred parade route, options open: Mattis

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#POLITICS FEBRUARY 8, 2018 / 12:45 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Washington is Trump's preferred parade route, options open: Mattis

Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday he believed President Donald Trump wants Washington, D.C., to be the setting for a parade to honor the U.S. military but left open the possibility that it could be staged elsewhere.

Trump has asked the Pentagon to explore a parade in celebration of American troops, after the Republican president marveled at the Bastille Day military parade he attended in Paris last year.

But critics have lampooned the proposal. They argue that a parade could cost millions of dollars and disrupt city streets and question why a show of military might is needed now.

Mattis, speaking to reporters, explained that he would give Trump options on the parade.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Mattis, you have better things to do.

Stop suffering this fool and tell him where to stuff his parade.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I have an idea for a route

Kelly, Trump and Kellyanne and the kushners etc can leave our military out of it and do a parade here

[shraby]

3. Since Bastille Day celebrates the freedom from kings in France, maybe the parade

trump wants should have a parade of Revolutionary soldiers to celebrate our freedom from kings. Think he might get the message?

[left-of-center2012]

4. "freedom from kings"

How about a victory parade the day Trump is impeached?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Why don't we have the parade on the green of one of Trump's golf courses?

See how well they stand up to tank tracks