Washington, D.C.'s Emergency Planning and Security Fund is bankrupt from unpaid expenses for President Donald Trump's July 4 celebration, his inauguration, and other large events, as well as funding shortages.
Washington, D.C.'s Emergency Planning and Security Fund is bankrupt from unpaid expenses for President Donald Trump's July Fourth celebration, his inauguration and other large events, as well as a lack of adequate funding, the city's mayor, Muriel Bowser, said in a letter to Trump.
The Fourth of July event cost the city $1.7 million from the EPSF, depleting the already struggling fund, she said.Fireworks explode over the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate U.S. Independence Day in Washington D.C., the United States, July 4, 2019.Washington, D.C.
The July Fourth event and subsequent protests, cost the city $1.7 million from the EPSF. These expenses depleted the already struggling fund, Bowser said. Trump spearheaded this year's "Salute to America" celebration on the holiday, which was more elaborate than the city's usual event and featured armored military vehicles, a military jet flyover, and a speech by Trump in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
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