Park Service Diverts $2.5 Million for Trump’s July 4th

“The National Park Service is diverting nearly $2.5 million in entrance and recreation fees primarily intended to improve parks across the country to cover costs associated with President Trump’s Independence Day celebration Thursday on the Mall,” the Washington Post reports.

“Trump administration officials have consistently refused to say how much taxpayers will have to pay for the expanded celebration on the Mall this year.”

“The diversion of the park fees represents just a fraction of the extra costs the government faces as a result the event, which also includes expansive displays of military hardware, flyovers by an array of jets including Air Force One, the deployment of tanks on the Mall and an extended pyrotechnics display.”