rally. tickets going to different people, we are getting a little bit of clarification. the washington post headline, diverting $2.5 million for trump s july 4th extravaganza. it is standard practice to receive a small number of tickets to events just as the dnc did under democrat president, a routine for events like the garden tours in spring and fall etc.. will have the country be unhappy no matter what? when we are a nation that always showed our strength through silence, we don t have parades, we don t parade our nuclear weapons because in the united states our ideology we know our military is strong. we win all the wars. we don t need to have tanks that can damage bridges and roads and
they don t like this idea, using the president will back off? melissa: it s tough to say because he doesn t like to back off. i do think his heart was in the right place. i was with brian kilmeade saying why not visit 20 bases in 20 days. it would be easy for someone to come up with something to replace this, to allow the president to save face and to what it is that he wants to do. i do believe it s not about being a show of force so to speak. is not all these things that people are saying. it is about showing that we really support the troops and you don t understand unless you serve. i heard general jack keane say we train, we fight, we don t parade. in that kind of summed it up for me. harris: you and i are both military dependents formally and i was born on an army base and i remember when troops would come home and we would have a celebration. these were our dads and our brothers and guys were coming home and they were torn up, and we just wanted to love on them. we were in a
this is one of those things since the president has put this out there, his desire to have this parade, everybody s got an opinion on whether we should have one or not. jason: i think the president s heart is in the right place, his very patriotic. he cares a lot about the military, i do too but i am opposed to the parade. i lean a lot on a good friend of mine, rob o neill. just reading his tweet. jessica: he did not mince words. jason: navy seal, i retweeted it. harris: we can read it on air. jason: give the guy credit, he was killing usama bin laden and basically said this is a third world tactic. until we are 17 years at war in afghanistan. to have people in the battlefield and have a parade at home is a bad signal and until you can look at the american people and all the veterans in the eye and saying we are taking care of each and every one of the veterans, its not have time to have a parade. sandra: do you think because you ve already had to hear some of the respons
sandra: new backlash over president trump s push for military parade in washington. a military official telling the washington post the president wants the parade to be similar to the military celebrations in france during the steel day. but now, two democrats are pushing legislation that would bar taxpayer money from funding the parade, which would reportedly cost millions. sender ben cardin saying we have the best armed forces in the world. we don t need to flexor muscles to showcase our military hardware. our brave military with men and women flexor might around the world each and every day on behalf of our nation. and congressman marc veasey saying inexpensive political ploy whose sole aim is to boost trumps approval ratings is an insult to their service and distracts from resources needed to provide meaningful assistance to veterans and current service members.
yeah. listen. we re a compassionate organization. people have sacrificed for us and have the potential of providing full duty in the future. we will certainly underwrite that. jon: i want to get your take on some new orders from president trump. he is wanting the pentagon to plan a military parade in washington honoring our armed forces later this year. we don t see that kind of thing very often in this country. what do you think about it? that comes as a result of bastille day in july in paris and he saw a very impressive french parade. look, jon, if the president wants a military parade the pentagon will give it to him. we don t parade. we train and we fight, all right? these european militaries and some other guys dress up in fancy outfits with fancy uniforms, sabres all over the place, shiny helmets. we re pragmatic military. we reflect the american people.