Another 92 million reasons to cancel Trump’s silly military parade

By Philip Wegmann

Published August 16, 2018 5:30pm ET

Another 92 million reasons to cancel Trump’s silly military parade — President Trump and Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt view air assault exercises outside Hangar 2060 at Fort Drum, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, before a signing ceremony for H.R. 5515, the "John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019." | (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Flexing isn’t cheap.

The Department of Defense estimates that President Trump’s long promised military parade will cost $92 million – a whopping $80 million more than initially estimated.

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