# Trump's military parade estimated to cost $12 mil **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 19, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199 "2018-07-19T13:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/1 "2018-07-19T13:35:21Z")
> **[Trump's military parade expected to cost nearly as much as 'tremendously...](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/trump-military-parade-cost/index.html)** > > President Donald Trump's military parade in DC is likely to cost nearly as much as the now canceled military exercise with South Korea that Trump called "tremendously expensive" and said cost "a fortune," three US defense officials tell CNN. what is more shocking is that he wants to copy an idea from France ,maybe he thinks they are a US state where people talk funny? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/2 "2018-07-19T14:00:13Z")
I’m more thumbs down on the whole concept, rather than the estimated cost. It’s a stupid idea and completely pointless, but 12 Mil isn’t even pocket change. I’m guessing we’ve spent much more ferrying Trump to various golf engagements. Regarding military displays, what’s the annual cost of military overflights at NASCAR events? And yeah, although Trump supposedly got the idea while viewing the yearly French parade, does anyone now doubt he’s really thinking about the Russian and North Korean equivalents? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/3 "2018-07-19T14:36:17Z")
I agree with **El Kabong** that the idea is distasteful for the idea of it, not the cost. However, it apparently will cost just about the same as the joint military exercises with South Korea that Trump cancelled and called very expensive. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/4 "2018-07-19T14:45:59Z")
If the Baby Trump balloon will be there then I’m all for it. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_lining](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/5 "2018-07-19T14:48:40Z")
Which group does not have a parade these days? I’m pretty sure my tax dollars helps pays for some of them, so the Military who protect us deserves on too. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/6 "2018-07-19T14:55:59Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Which group does not have a parade these days? Doctors and nurses don’t have parades. Sanitation workers don’t have parades. Teachers don’t have parades. Judges don’t have parades. Crab fisherman don’t have parades. You say the military “deserves” a parade. I’m highly skeptical they want this. They’re going to be ordered to do it by Donald Fucking Trump, so I doubt they’ll feel honored in any way by the whole spectacle. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/7 "2018-07-19T14:57:07Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Which group does not have a parade these days? I’m pretty sure my tax dollars helps pays for some of them, so the Military who protect us deserves on too. I’m going to throw you a pizza party. Except, you’re going to do all the work to make the pizzas and serve them to other people in attendance. In what way is this honoring you, by making you do all the work? If we want to spend $12 million to honor the troops, don’t make them come to DC with all their hardware and march down Pennsylvania Avenue. Do something nice for the troops, like give them a day off of work or something. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/8 "2018-07-19T14:57:17Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Which group does not have a parade these days? I’m pretty sure my tax dollars helps pays for some of them, so the Military who protect us deserves on too. Do you understand the difference between a parade honoring the military, and a parade _of_ the military? Besides, the military march in many, _many_ parades throughout the country throughout the year. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/9 "2018-07-19T14:57:23Z")
Let Russia pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/10 "2018-07-19T14:59:12Z")
Will the troops have enough time to practice goosestepping? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/11 "2018-07-19T15:00:35Z")
A useful reference point in this headline: [Trump’s military parade expected to cost nearly as much as ‘tremendously expensive’ canceled war games](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/trump-military-parade-cost/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/12 "2018-07-19T15:02:07Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Which group does not have a parade these days? I’m pretty sure my tax dollars helps pays for some of them, so the Military who protect us deserves on too. The contortions you go through to support Trump are just too damn funny. I mean, does that actually, really, legitimately make sense to you? Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/13 "2018-07-19T15:02:40Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Doctors and nurses don’t have parades. Sanitation workers don’t have parades. Teachers don’t have parades. Judges don’t have parades. Crab fisherman don’t have parades. > > You say the military “deserves” a parade. I’m highly skeptical they want this. They’re going to be ordered to do it by Donald Fucking Trump, so I doubt they’ll feel honored in any way by the whole spectacle. I guaran-fucking-tee the poor bastards whose units will be chosen for this HATE the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/14 "2018-07-19T15:10:56Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I guaran-fucking-tee the poor bastards whose units will be chosen for this HATE the idea. Yeah, this. Being “honored” by being forced to march in a parade is a strange definition of “honored” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/15 "2018-07-19T15:11:30Z")
What a waste of money. I wonder what hotel will host the foreign dignitaries in attendance? Sure, it might have appeal to those who make daily posts on Facebook professing endless adoration of the troops, but this will be the dullest parade of the year. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/16 "2018-07-19T15:30:01Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > I’m pretty sure my tax dollars helps pays for some of them, so the Military who protect us deserves on too. The parade is not \*for \*the military. It’s \*by \*the military, \*for \*Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/17 "2018-07-19T15:40:05Z")
Since it’s for him, Trump says everyone in the parade can bring their spouse along and also the person they are cheating with. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/18 "2018-07-19T15:46:07Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Which group does not have a parade these days? I’m pretty sure my tax dollars helps pays for some of them, so the Military who protect us deserves on too. It’s not a parade by Trump honoring the military, it’s a parade by the military to honor Trump. If Trump wants to march down Pennsylvania Avenue holding up a sign praising the military and give some soldiers the day off, he should feel free to do so. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/19 "2018-07-19T15:48:19Z")
The marching order should be arranged such that the only faces Trump can see are brown ones. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199/20 "2018-07-19T15:53:41Z")
If they all gave him a left-handed salute as they marched by, do you think he would notice? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-military-parade-estimated-to-cost-12-mil/818199.md?page=2)