US EditionMost US adults say Trump's military parade is not a good use of money, a new AP-NORC poll finds
UNITED STATES, JUN 12 – A new poll finds 64% of U.S. adults oppose government spending on the $25 million to $45 million military parade honoring the Army's 250th anniversary and President Trump's birthday.
- 60% of Americans believe the military parade is not a good use of government funds, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
- The estimated cost of the parade is between $25 million and $45 million, shocking many Americans across the political spectrum.
- The poll shows that 80% of Democrats and 72% of independents oppose the parade.
- About 40% of Americans approve of Donald Trump's job performance as president, which remains unchanged from a previous poll.
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Trump's Soviet-style parades show he is turning the tide against himself
Saturday was an intersection of anniversaries. President Donald Trump celebrated his 79th birthday, and the United States Army marked 250 years since its establishment: in 1775, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, passed a resolution which brought the militia units fighting the British Crown together as the Continental Army, and Colonel George Washington of Virginia was nominated as its commander-in-chief.To mark the latter…
LNP | LancasterOnline Editorial Board has right idea about the parade we need
Lots of us are worried about our American democracy. We see a disdain for the constitutional constraints ensuring that our republic will remain democratic. Now, an expensive and potentially damage-causing military parade to honor a president’s birthday threatens our democratic…
Poll: Americans disapprove of spending public funds to put on military parade in Washington
Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults — 64% — oppose the use of government funds for this weekend's military parade in Washington, D.C., celebrating the Army's 250th birthday, according to new data from the NBC News Decision Desk Poll, powered by SurveyMonkey
The president and his $45 million parade a slap in the face of the needy: Marvin A. McMickle
Are presidential birthday parades more important than addressing the conditions resulting in poverty? By presiding over a massive military parade Saturday, President Donald Trump is not bringing down the cost of eggs. He is bringing down the dignity of his office and the standing of our nation around the world, writes guest columnist the Rev. Dr. Marvin A. McMickle, retired president of the Colgate Rochester (N.Y.) Crozer Divinity School and pas…
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