Americans disapprove of spending public funds to put on military parade in Washington
According to new data from the NBC News Decision Desk survey supported by SurveyMonkey, Washington opposes the use of government funds for a military parade in Washington this weekend this weekend.
While the majority of the Democrats (88%) and the independent (72%) pass the use of government funds to attend the parade, 65%of the Republicans support this.
In the parade, spending public funds in the parade is more popular than the supporters of the Maga movement (75% support) and the party itself (56% support).
The questionnaire was conducted in June 30-June 10 and explored 19,410 adults with a plus or minus 2.1 points error.
According to the defense officials, both the flag day and President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday to celebrate the army falling on the Saturday parade ceremony will contain approximately 6,600 soldiers, 50 aircraft and 150 vehicles. There will be different sections for different parts of the history of the army, and the event is expected to perform a overpass air show and a demonstration by the army’s gold knights parachute team. However, it is not clear how the storms can be predicted for Saturday in the Washington region.
The event can cost $ 45 million with a price tag of up to $ 16 million for potential damage associated to the city streets caused by driving tanks.
“As you know, President Trump ordered a military parade to commemorate his birthday at Washington DC on June 14th.
In general, 14% of adults strongly support the use of government funds for the parade and 22% of them somehow support it. Meanwhile, 44% strongly opposed and 20% opposed a little.
In early May, Trump argued that the NBC News’ “Press The Press” was the cost of the parade “peanuts compared to the value of doing so”.
“We have the largest missiles in the world. We have the largest submarines in the world. We have the largest army tanks in the world. We have the largest weapons in the world. And we will celebrate it.”
Democratic politicians criticized Trump about their spending ceremony, Saying that money can go to other reasons.
“You do not do to celebrate the birthday of the army, you do to hit Donald Trump’s ego,” Sen said. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
“There are many ways to celebrate the army’s birthday without blowing a parade.”
Others, including groups compatible with democrats, plan protests around Washington and the country -wide activity and ongoing protests about Trump’s migration policy in the USA
The NBC News Decision Desk Survey, supported by SurveyMonkey, was conducted between a national example of 19,410 adults aged 18 years and older between 30 May and 10 June. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.1 points.
