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PARIS President Trump was not expected to attend Frances Bastille Day, which this year will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I.
But then he learned there would be a military parade.
French President Emmanuel Macron told Trump in a June 27 phone call about the event, which this year will feature U.S. and French troops marching through the historic streets near the Arc de Triomphe, fighter jets cutting through the skies above, and flags, horses and military equipment on display the sort of spectacle that Trump wanted to stage at his own inauguration in January.
Trump told Macron he would be there, according to a White House official, and French and U.S. officials rushed to schedule a last-minute trip that will last about 27 hours and include dinner at an opulent restaurant in the Eiffel Tower and a visit to Napoleon Bonapartes tomb.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-loves-a-military-parade--its-one-reason-hes-heading-to-paris/2017/07/12/ccd46894-66df-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html
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(37,469 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)3catwoman3
(24,172 posts)...troops will be "imported" from, and how many there will be. We haven't had bases in France for quite some time.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)onethatcares
(16,231 posts)toss in a bit of goosestepping just for him?
Justice
(7,188 posts)Beautiful! Memory is marred now!
misanthrope
(7,438 posts)I don't recall as much but I'm hardly an expert. Ironically, the very essence of Bastille Day would seem to run contrary to American society's worship of wealth and materialism. That goes double for Republicans and triple for Trump.
struggle4progress
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