Twin celebrations of the Army’s 250th anniversary and the president’s birthday will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington.
Twin celebrations of Donald Trump’s birthday and the Army’s 250th anniversary will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington in a celebration that will cost $25 million to $45 million, U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
U.S. military service branches take pride in their history and anniversary celebrations, called birthdays, across the United States and on bases around the world.
The U.S. Army had long been planning to move troops and equipment to the National Mall in Washington on June 14 as part of its anniversary celebration. Plans now include a parade since that coincides with Trump’s 79th birthday.
Two U.S. officials told Reuters, on condition of anonymity, the eventual cost could be as high as $45 million. One of them said the cost included several million dollars more than it would have without a parade.
Not to rain on your parade (I think the idea of a military parade is patiently wasteful and dumb, meanwhile we don’t do enough as a nation to care for veterans and disabled people), but that would be a lot more than $45 million. More like $25 trillion… or 25,000x $1 billion… or 25,000,000x $1 million.
Good grief I can’t do math apparently. Thank you for correcting me.
You might enjoy this video talking about exactly this error and why it happens so often. Interesting stuff!