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Trump isn't taking 'no tanks' for an answer for July Fourth By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't taking "no tanks" for an answer on the Fourth of July. He said Monday that a display of U.S. military tanks will be part of a special event he's headlining July 4 in Washington — and an Associated Press photographer saw at least two M1A1 Abrams tanks and two Bradley Fighting Vehicles on a flatcar in a railyard at the southeastern edge of Washington. Military police were guarding 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 military parade of tanks and other equipment in the District of Columbia after he witnessed a similar parade on Bastille Day in Paris in 2017. That plan eventually was scuttled, partly because of cost, though Trump apparently held on to the idea.

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 celebration that President Donald Trump says will include military hardware. Associated Press

Local officials had also objected because of the damage the heavy armored tanks could do to

city streets. "We're going to have some tanks stationed outside," Trump said Monday from

the Oval Office, appearing to acknowledge local officials' earlier concerns. He offered no specifics on

where the vehicles would be located. Continued on Next Page


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