NPS Using $2.5 Million Meant For Park Improvement For Trump’s July 4 Circus

US President Donald Trump smiles during a Make America Great Again rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 27, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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On top of the unprecedented chaos oozing from President Trump’s last-minute “Salute to America” Independence Day show, the federal government is swallowing a hefty tab for Trump’s military equipment sideshow.

According to the Washington Post, the National Park Service is transferring $2.5 million of its funds intended to be used to improve and upgrade parks around the country in order to help with the bill. Two people familiar with the matter told the Post the funds were transferred Tuesday.

According to budget documents reviewed by the Post, the funds are typically used to enhance the tourism experience at the National Mall and other smaller parks around the U.S. Projects include upgrades like restoring habitats and improving park infrastructure, according to the Post.

Trump’s been criticized across the board for using the military and a typically non-partisan event in the nation’s capitol for political purposes, but the White House said Tuesday that the event “will not be political.”

In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Trump bragged about the extravagance of the upcoming affair, calling it “the show of a lifetime!”

Read more about the frenzy President Trump’s July 4th show has sparked here.

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  1. Trump has made hundreds of mistakes while in office. The 4th of July Debacle will rank in the upper tier.

    The way I see it, Trump has been sheltered (by his own mental illness and the enabling of his handlers) from being exposed directly to the revulsion he creates from most people not in his Base.

    This Debacle tests that false reality of his severely.

    The U.N.-Remedy-worthy Evil at the Border taking place simultaneously finishes off that false reality.

  2. Oh, for sure. I for one am planning stockpiles of popcorn, beer and CNN for the whole day, think there’s so much potential for this to get nasty and violent when normal people and MAGAts start mixing.

    D.C. ain’t prepared for this, it’s not like when they let the Charlottesville Nazis come to town, had a prepared and guarded route for them with set location to spill their vile.

  3. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Snuggled in his narcissism he is impervious to correction, and has been for his whole life.

  4. Given the Highly Partisan nature and undoubted fund raising that will occur, should just send Trump campaign and RNC the bill to be reimbursed.

  5. “According to budget documents reviewed by the Post, the [$2.5 M in] funds are typically used to enhance the tourism experience at the National Mall and other smaller parks around the U.S. Projects include upgrades like restoring habitats and improving park infrastructure, according to the Post.”

    I’m certainly willing to give up my better national park experience so the fucking moron can have his ego boost 4th of July tank party.

    Looks like it’s not going to be infrastructure week at Yellowstone or anyplace else.

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