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Trump isn't taking 'no tanks' for an answer for July Fourth

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi-
dent Donald Trump isn't
taking "no tanks" for an an-
swer on the Fourth of July.
He said Monday that a dis-
play of U.S. military tanks
will be part of a special
event he's headlining July
4 in Washington — and an
Associated Press photogra-
pher saw at least two M1A1
Abrams tanks and two Bra-
dley Fighting Vehicles on
a flatcar in a railyard at
the southeastern edge of
Washington.
Military police were guard-
ing the vehicles, which
were visible to passersby on
nearby paths.
A U.S. official told the AP
that the military vehicles to
be used in the July 4 event
were being stored at the
railyard.
Trump had wanted a mili-
tary parade of tanks and
other equipment in the
District of Columbia after Military police stand military vehicles on a flat car in a rail yard, Monday, July 1, 2019, in Washington, ahead of a Fourth of July cel-
he witnessed a similar pa- ebration that President Donald Trump says will include military hardware.
rade on Bastille Day in Paris Associated Press
in 2017. That plan eventu-
ally was scuttled, partly Local officials had also city streets. the Oval Office, appear- where the vehicles would
because of cost, though objected because of the "We're going to have some ing to acknowledge local be located.
Trump apparently held on damage the heavy ar- tanks stationed outside," officials' earlier concerns.
to the idea. mored tanks could do to Trump said Monday from He offered no specifics on Continued on Next Page