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DC mayor: Trump's July 4 celebration 'depleted' security fund

President Trump’s “Salute to America” celebration on the Fourth of July cost the District of Columbia government $1.7 million, bankrupting the city's fund to protect the capital from terrorist threats and provide security at rallies and

Trump’s 2017 inauguration cost the District of Columbia $27.3 million. 2½ years later, his administration still owes D.C. $7.3 million. So naturally the Narcissist-in-Chief thought it would be an excellent idea to hold an over-the-top self-aggrandizing Independence Day “Salute to America” in D.C., complete with military jets and tanks, which cost at least “six times as much as in years past,” and likely more “as the city continues to tally expenses.”

As a result of the debts that D.C. has incurred due to Trump’s egotism, the city estimates that its Emergency Planning and Security Fund “will be depleted before the end of FY2019, leaving overages of over $6 million.”

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has formally requested that Trump reimburse these funds, as the federal government is legally required to do:

“It is critical that the EPSF is fully reimbursed for these funds to ensure the District can uphold proper security and support during the remainder of the fiscal year without incurring a deficit for federal activities. As we continue to gather estimates for the next Inauguration, we ask for your help with ensuring the residents of the District of Columbia are not asked to cover millions of dollars of federal expenses and are able to maintain our high standards of protection for federal events.”

The White House’s response expressed its usual touching concern for people who aren’t Donald Trump:

“President Trump led our Nation in a great Salute to America.”