Washington – Trump’s July Fourth Event Bankrupts DC Security Fund

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    US President Donald J. Trump (C, flanked by acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford (R), speaks during US Independence Day celebrations at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, USA, 04 July 2019.  EPAWashington – President Donald Trump’s July Fourth event has bankrupted a special fund used to provide security and protect the nation’s capital from terrorist threats.

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    The Washington Post reports the celebration cost the District of Columbia about $1.7 million, not including police expenses for related demonstrations.

    Mayor Muriel E. Bowser wrote Trump on Tuesday warning that the fund will have a $6 million deficit by September, reminding the president that the account was never reimbursed for $7.3 million in expenses from Trump’s 2017 inauguration.

    Bowser wants the White House to fully reimburse the fund. She said on CNN Thursday that D.C. taxpayers shouldn’t “be left holding the bag for federal events.”

    White House spokesman Judd Deere says officials will respond “in a timely manner.”

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    Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com


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    shimonyehuda
    shimonyehuda
    4 years ago

    I am not surprised. He will say it is the democrats fault then try to cut social security and other programs to make up the costs.

    yaakov doe
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    yaakov doe
    4 years ago

    It was well worth the money because a secret long hidden from the American public was reveled by Mr Trump. Never before were we told of the seizure of airports from the Brits during the Revolutionary War. What other secrets will Trump inadvertently blurt out? Maybe we will learn that there were no pigs found at the Bay of Pigs at the time of the invasion.

    Cixelsyd_Wnosanoy
    Cixelsyd_Wnosanoy
    4 years ago

    Her Trump struts and juts out his chin in a perfect imitation of Benito Mussolini…it fits, two anti democratic blowhards…no kidding, google pictures of Mussolini giving speeches.

    4 years ago

    just looking at the source of the article, the notoriously antisemitic and anti trump ‘journalists’, I will surmise that this is nothing but fake news. I highly doubt that the president bankrupts anything while he works tirelessly (and successfully, just ask the economists) under the most vicious of media attacks, to help make america great again.

    would it not make sense that obama bankrupted the country after giving iran billions, yes billions, in cash in secrecy??? no coverage of that

    when will vin get it straight? ap is anti us and anti US(of A). stop using them so religiously as your source