Trump says DC rained on his military parade so he’s going to Paris
The mayor of Washington burns Trump about his shattered parade dreams
Washington — US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would attend a November celebration in Paris marking the end of the First World War — hours after the Pentagon announced it was postponing the much-maligned military parade Trump had ordered. The Pentagon, late on Thursday, said the controversial event, originally scheduled for November 10 in Washington, was being pushed back to a possible date in 2019, after it emerged costs could soar as high as $92m. Trump said that he had, in fact, pulled the plug because local politicians were charging a "ridiculously high" price, and he vowed to go to a different event already scheduled for a military base near Washington and "go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the war, on November 11 … Maybe we will do something next year in DC when the cost comes WAY DOWN", the US president tweeted, adding: "Now we can buy some more jet fighters!" Washington mayor Muriel Bowser hit back at Trump, sarcastically emulating his characteris...
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