Pentagon postpones Trump's military parade

[Dill]

(08-17-2018, 01:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: An administration official told CNN the $92 million figure for the US military parade, which was first reported by CNBC, was a planning estimate for an event that would meet President Donald Trump's intent. About half that amount would have been for non-military costs like security.




This seems a bit unusual.  How much security do we need to protect hundreds of armed soldiers.  I am guess that by "security" they mean guns aimed at the spectators to make sure they show respect.  Trump learned about enforcing mandatory patriotism from his little buddies Kim and Vladimir.

Security is not just about protecting military marchers. The primary focus would be on crowd control and terrorism prevention. That means hundreds of people, lots of high tech equipment, including helicopters. They need office space and weeks of planning too.