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Says, President Trumps vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of washington is moving closer to reality in the pentagon and white house, where Officials Say they have begun to plan a Grand Military Parade later this year showcasing the might of Americas Armed forces. Trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade, but a January 18th Meeting between trump and top generals in the pentagons tank, a room reserved for topsecret discussions, marked a Tipping Point according to two officials briefed on the planning. So theres where we begin. Lets bring in our leadoff panel on a tuesday night. Phillip ....
yeah, you know, brian, first of all, the president truly was dazzled by that parade in france, and talked about it to his aides in private on the flight home on air force one and in the weeks that followed and, indeed, two months after that parade when he sat down with president macron of france at the united nations general assembly. said he was so struck by that parade, america s going to have to one-up france and do its own parade. but to your broader point about the dynamic here, i picked up some concern in the pentagon, frankly, that the military officials there would like to not see this parade happen. this is not usual activity. there have been some instances, rather, in history, including john f. kennedy s inaugural parade in 1961, where military equipment was used. but for the most part throughout the cold war, america did not display its arsenal on the streets the way moscow did in the red square. and that was deliberate. there was a consensus within the american government ....
The stuff of a superpower. did you pick up reaction along the way from the pentagon? i know you interviewed at least one historian. yeah, you know, brian, first of all, the president truly was dazzled by that parade in france, and talked about it to his aides in private on the flight home on air force one and in the weeks that followed and, indeed, two months after that parade when he sat down with president macron of france at the united nations general assembly. said he was so struck by that parade, america s going to have to one-up france and do its own parade. but to your broader point about the dynamic here, i picked up some concern in the pentagon, frankly, that the military officials there would like to not see this parade happen. this is not usual activity. there have been some instances, rather, in history, including john f. kennedy s inaugural parade in 1961, where military equipment was used. but for the most part throughout the cold war, america did not ....
President has met with mueller s boss, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, to discuss this house democratic memo refuting the republican memo allegations about fbi misconduct. but this washington post report about the president s order to the pentagon for a military parade gives us another perspective on the administration s priorities. written by greg jaffy and phillip rucker who will join us in just a moment, this article says, president trump s vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of washington is moving closer to reality in the pentagon and white house, where officials say they have begun to plan a grand military parade later this year showcasing the might of america s armed forces. trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade, but a january 18th meeting between trump and top generals in the pentagon s tank, a room reserved for top-secret discussions, marked a tipping point according to two officials ....
Have not received a visit from the president. he has an interesting relationship with the military. he loves his generals. i mean, i guess this parade shouldn t come as a surprise to any of us. when i was reading phil s story, i know, phil, you were talk bing about the cost there. that was one of the things that struck me because i was traveling with the president that day when he went to the pentagon to have this meeting. he got out of the motorcade, you know, took a few minutes to talk to the reporters about how bad a shutdown would be because we re on the brink of the shutdown that day. this january 18th day at the pentagon. talking about support for our troops and our military, how underfunded it is, how a shutdown would hurt the military. and maybe as a business reporter, i think of too much in dollars and cents. the first thing that came to my mind when i saw your story, phil, wow, that is going to cost a lot of money and that that s what he was thinking of the day we were on a ....