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Zippyjuan
02-06-2018, 07:34 PM
He wanted a big one for his inauguration too.


“The marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France.”

President Donald Trump likes a good show, whether it’s on a beauty pageant stage in Russia, or on his TV, or apparently, rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Trump, according to the Washington Post, requested that the Pentagon begin planning a military parade to take place later this year along the inaugural route between Capitol Hill and the White House (which happens to pass the Trump Hotel).

According to the Post, Trump was inspired by a 2017 visit to France for Bastille Day, which traditionally features a military parade.

“The marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France,” said a military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the planning discussions are supposed to remain confidential. “This is being worked at the highest levels of the military.”

A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed that the parade is in the planning stages:


HansNichols

@HansNichols
Pentagon confirms WaPo scoop ON THE RECORD. “We are aware of the request and are looking at possible dates,” Charlie Summers, a Pentagon spokesman, just told reporters.

3:35 PM - Feb 6, 2018


This isn’t a new interest of Trump’s. The Huffington Post reported he also wanted military equipment and a flyover for his January 2017 inauguration parade.

At the time, the report launched takes that this was more evidence of Trump’s threat to democracy and his authoritarian tendencies. The Post’s report Tuesday night raised a similar question -- “displays of missile launchers might evoke Pyongyang-style nationalism more than American patriotism.”

It’s no secret that Trump likes the campaigning part of politics -- the show. During the 2016 campaign, he made sure big crowds saw his private plane land. He posed in front of stages lined with American flags. Tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue might just be the next thing.

White House confirms:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVZINssX0AEw0jl?format=jpg&name=small

https://special-ops.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/North-Korean-Army.jpeg

Zippyjuan
02-06-2018, 07:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQKJhdhJvGg

oyarde
02-06-2018, 07:42 PM
Annual Military parade on 6/05 is the rumors .

Zippyjuan
02-06-2018, 07:44 PM
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/politics/military-parade-trump/index.html

Response to "Rocket Man"?


Trump was French President Emmanuel Macron's guest on Bastille Day last year, and later called the French military parade he witnessed "one of the greatest parades" he had ever seen.

He said last September in a conversation with Macron that when he came back from France he wanted a military parade on the Fourth of July in Washington.

Trump's call for a military parade might be hitting a few snags.The Post said shipping tanks and military hardware into Washington could cost millions of dollars, and that military officials said they were unsure how to pay for it.

After the Gulf War in 1991, the US put on a victory celebration replete with servicemembers and military gear.

Outside of France, authoritarian nations the world over have made massive displays of military power a mainstay of their public celebrations.

The news of Trump's call for a military parade in the US comes as North Korea plans to show off dozens of long-range missiles during a February 8 parade, sources with deep knowledge of North Korea's intentions told CNN last week.

The parade is expected to include dozens of intercontinental-range Hwasong-15 missiles, which the North Koreans test-fired for the first time in late November, the sources said.

The display of "hundreds" of missiles and rockets would be an attempt "to scare the hell out of the Americans," one of the sources said.

Influenza
02-06-2018, 07:46 PM
lol just a week ago I was thinking that this might be something trump would do

phill4paul
02-06-2018, 07:48 PM
If their marching they ain't killin'. I'm for a 50 state tour.

oyarde
02-06-2018, 07:52 PM
Gives Danke a chance to see if he can still squeeze into that dress uniform .

r3volution 3.0
02-06-2018, 07:54 PM
https://pmcmovieline.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/camacho.jpg?w=630

kpitcher
02-06-2018, 09:50 PM
Simple... Have one service member in uniform, carrying a weapon, march down the sidewalk. Trump will declare it's the largest military parade in the history of the US.

Raginfridus
02-06-2018, 10:25 PM
If their marching they ain't killin'. I'm for a 50 state tour.
There are so many regiments and what-have-yous sitting around, nobody will notice.

oyarde
02-06-2018, 10:27 PM
I am looking forward to it . I like to see the texan get excited .

RonZeplin
02-06-2018, 10:58 PM
Maybe the tanks can roll on into Maryland and take on the Anacostia commies, and then onward to Baltimore, Trenton, and NYC?

/s

Danke
02-06-2018, 11:11 PM
I am looking forward to it . I like to see the @texan (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/member.php?u=22870) get excited .
TheTexan ?

nikcers
02-06-2018, 11:14 PM
When China's stock market dipped they paraded their ICBM's on CCTV, seems like the right thing to do..

Swordsmyth
02-06-2018, 11:17 PM
I like the idea of an Independence Day parade, now they just need to invite the citizen militias.

oyarde
02-06-2018, 11:19 PM
TheTexan ?

Yeah , that is what I meant .

TheCount
02-06-2018, 11:23 PM
I like the idea of an Independence Day parade, now they just need to invite the citizen militias.
Of course you do. And the citizens can watch video of it on the government-run cellular network which you also support.

nikcers
02-06-2018, 11:25 PM
I like the idea of an Independence Day parade, now they just need to invite the citizen militias.
For some odd reason I would feel safer if I saw a bunch of armed citizens having a parade then if I saw a bunch of military marching...

Influenza
02-06-2018, 11:26 PM
I think we have more than enough troops to have a parade in every major city in the US. Apparently over a million active duty military. We spend more than 100 billion every year just for their benefits/pay. Jeez I'm getting out of this awful country as soon as I can

Swordsmyth
02-06-2018, 11:28 PM
For some odd reason I would feel safer if I saw a bunch of armed citizens having a parade then if I saw a bunch of military marching...

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Swordsmyth http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=6585227#post6585227)
I like the idea of an Independence Day parade, now they just need to invite the citizen militias.

Swordsmyth
02-06-2018, 11:28 PM
I'm getting out of this awful country as soon as I can

Fare thee well and get ye lost.

nikcers
02-06-2018, 11:43 PM
Of course you do. And the citizens can watch video of it on the government-run cellular network which you also support.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were already building it in secret. The public networks don't give them the full back door access into everything electronic. They could use radio frequencies that are restricted for government use and could deploy it for a fraction of the cost. There is a huge effort to catch up to other countries on cyber, and they would get everything they always wanted. They could hide programs like this under the shroud of national security. They could even use parallel construction to conceal their methods.


Mystery Surrounds Metal Towers Popping Up In Tunnels & Bridges
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nikcers
02-06-2018, 11:50 PM
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Swordsmyth http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=6585227#post6585227)
I like the idea of an Independence Day parade, now they just need to invite the citizen militias.
Lets not invite the military though, because lets face it, I was never a fan of candidate Trump but even he complained about fraud and waste and made comments that he would save money exercising our military. You know what though, I get it, I get that we were humiliated when our pilots were getting their asses handed to them dogfighting planes when we had nicer planes it was embarassing. We even took one of those planes that were destroying our planes and had them do simulated dog fights in Area 51 to teach them how to do their job. I just don't think we have the money to pay for it.

enhanced_deficit
02-07-2018, 12:04 AM
Normally I'm against spending money on elective parades until big gummit spending/debt issues are sorted out but in this case can we blame Trump given how some Dem leaders have been attacking his military credentials/calling him CBS in public?

Parade could help with our national military prestige messaging also and should restore patriotic unity at a time of many divisive distractions like Mueller probes, memogates, Russiagates, Flynn-Kushner gates etc.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2298246.1437429728%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/draft21n-2-web.jpg



Iraq veteran senator again calls Trump 'Cadet Bone Spurs' (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/21/tammy-duckworth-iraq-vet-calls-trump-cadet-bone-spurs.html)



Senator Tammy Duckworth calls President Donald Trump "Cadet Bone Spurs" in reference to the medical rationale that kept him out of the Vietnam War
"I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five deferment draft-dodger," Duckworth said in a speech on Saturday


Sun, 21 Jan 2018

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., hit back at President Donald Trump after he claimed Democrats were hurting the U.S. military by causing a government shutdown. Duckworth, in a speech on Saturday, called Trump a "five deferment draft-dodger" and "Cadet Bone Spurs" — a reference to the medical ...





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nikcers
02-07-2018, 12:14 AM
Normally I'm against spending money on such parades until big gummit spending/debt issues are sorted out but in this case can we blame Trump given how some Dem leaders have been attacking his military credentials/calling him CBS in public? Parade could help with our national military prestige also and may bring some patriotic unity at a time divisive distractions like Mueller probes, memogates, Russiagates, Flynn-Kushner gates etc.
If you are against the military you are not a patriot and you hate your country. They could even pay the NFL to create a condition for people to bitch about people not being patriotic enough. I bet the trolls will even argue that if you are against military dog and pony shows that are a waste of money you are against bringing the troops home to keep us safe since we have so many troops abroad.

TheTexan
02-07-2018, 12:55 AM
Yeah , that is what I meant .

Thanks for the heads up! I'm kind of surprised that I hadn't heard about this event already, its not very often that I hear about actual useful news from RPF

Maybe this forum is good for something.


“The marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France,” said a military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity

France?? Are you shitting me??

This person should be fired.

dannno
02-07-2018, 01:41 AM
France?? Are you shitting me??

This person should be fired.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D1bcdfXpB4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9BYX4KN0_c

NorthCarolinaLiberty
02-07-2018, 03:39 AM
Jeez I'm getting out of this awful country as soon as I can


Good riddance, Take your socialist, prog, anti-liberty friends with you. Will Soros still employee you from another country?

Anti Federalist
02-07-2018, 04:30 AM
Good.

Been saying this for years now.

If we are going to live in an authoritarian police state (which seems to be for the foreseeable future) then damn it, make it a manly and robust one, with marching military parades and phalanxes of tanks and missiles cruising past.

I'm so sick of the weak, stifling, Grundyism of feminized tyranny: constantly scratching and nagging at me to sit up straight, be nice to the weirdos, embrace the diversity, eat my vegetables and wear a helmet...or else.

Influenza
02-07-2018, 07:56 AM
Good riddance, Take your socialist, prog, anti-liberty friends with you. Will Soros still employee you from another country?
You know, not everyone that disagrees with you is a paid shill right? Have fun at your military parade, statist scum

sparebulb
02-07-2018, 09:14 AM
I'm getting out of this awful country as soon as I can

Total empty threat from another prog-left panty-twister.

"I really will": The Stars Who Didn't Move to Canada When Trump Won (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/22/move-to-canada-celebrities-donald-trump)

nikcers
02-07-2018, 09:30 AM
Total empty threat from another prog-left panty-twister.

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3b4d39fc6a283364086c55af40071a73afd5dad7/0_0_5022_3014/master/5022.jpg?w=965&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&
Tell me which comment of his suggests he is what you say he is? I have read a lot of his posts and he seems liberty first to me.

r3volution 3.0
02-07-2018, 09:35 AM
Good.

Been saying this for years now.

If we are going to live in an authoritarian police state (which seems to be for the foreseeable future) then damn it, make it a manly and robust one, with marching military parades and phalanxes of tanks and missiles cruising past.

I'm so sick of the weak, stifling, Grundyism of feminized tyranny: constantly scratching and nagging at me to sit up straight, be nice to the weirdos, embrace the diversity, eat my vegetables and wear a helmet...or else.

Buona.

Lo sto dicendo da anni ormai.

Se vivremo in uno stato di polizia autoritario (che sembra essere per il prevedibile futuro), allora dannazione, renderlo un uomo virile e robusto, con sfilate militari in parata e falangi di carri armati e missili che passano oltre.

Sono così stufo del debole, soffocante, Grundyism della tirannia femminizzata: costantemente grattarmi e tormentarmi per stare seduto dritto, essere gentile con i bizzarri, abbracciare la diversità, mangiare le mie verdure e indossare un casco ... o altro.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/31/15/37C16BF700000578-3767201-image-a-60_1472653614419.jpg

Rendi l'Italia grande di nuovo!

Ender
02-07-2018, 09:35 AM
Tell me which comment of his suggests he is what you say he is? I have read a lot of his posts and he seems liberty first to me.

Same.

sparebulb
02-07-2018, 09:41 AM
Tell me which comment of his suggests he is what you say he is? I have read a lot of his posts and he seems liberty first to me.

I'm surprised you can't tell by his prog-left rhetoric, the empty threats to leave the country, and the obvious symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

nikcers
02-07-2018, 09:43 AM
I'm surprised you can't tell by his prog-left rhetoric, the empty threats to leave the country, and the obvious symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
You obviously couldn't find one post? I know he doesn't have a lot of posts, but you can't find one that suggests that he is somewhat antagonistic to the position of liberty?

Influenza
02-07-2018, 09:44 AM
Tell me which comment of his suggests he is what you say he is? I have read a lot of his posts and he seems liberty first to me.
I post too many anti-trump and anti-theist things so some dishonest people, like NCL in particular, will make up a biography about me so they can dismiss anything I say without actually using their very limited reasoning capabilities.

Slave Mentality
02-07-2018, 10:03 AM
Fare thee well and get ye lost.

Show me a place that hasn't been ruined by decades of imperialism and we might be able to work something out.

:)

angelatc
02-07-2018, 10:39 AM
I think we have more than enough troops to have a parade in every major city in the US. Apparently over a million active duty military. We spend more than 100 billion every year just for their benefits/pay. Jeez I'm getting out of this awful country as soon as I can

Head to New Zealand. We'll try to meet you there.

sparebulb
02-07-2018, 11:45 AM
You obviously couldn't find one post? I know he doesn't have a lot of posts, but you can't find one that suggests that he is somewhat antagonistic to the position of liberty?

You don't pay attention, do you?

Zippy tactic 101:

Demand proof of claim.

When proof is provided...

Ignore, slink away to troll another day.

I don't have the time to play these trolls' games.

I call it like I see it.

Influenza
02-07-2018, 11:57 AM
Head to New Zealand. We'll try to meet you there.
See you soon! :toady:

CCTelander
02-07-2018, 12:01 PM
Maybe he'll bring back the original salute during the Pledge of Allegiance too. The one from before the hand on your heart thing. That would be YUUUGE.

shakey1
02-07-2018, 12:23 PM
https://i.imgur.com/ij4wOl4.gif

Swordsmyth
02-07-2018, 01:50 PM
Show me a place that hasn't been ruined by decades of imperialism and we might be able to work something out.

:)

I don't believe there is anyplace better than the US to run to, but if the virus thinks so I wish him a speedy journey there.

nikcers
02-07-2018, 01:59 PM
I don't believe there is anyplace better than the US to run to, but if the virus thinks so I wish him a speedy journey there.

https://i.imgur.com/1jUVfPt.gif

dannno
02-07-2018, 02:42 PM
“So you’re saying it’s OK to lie!” is a joke you’ll get if you’ve read Scott Adams’ latest masterpiece, Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter (https://dangerandplay.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbe80d728d3fe7d4c10c2f364&id=df10e2207f&e=4147b14330). (Hint: It’s in the section on cognitive dissonance.) It’s also a great starting point for the central thesis of Adams’ book – The Two Movies Hypothesis.


According to Adams (and in fact all of the Nobel-winning cognitive science available), humans do not reason from facts to conclusions. We instead hold biased conclusions about the world, and force the facts we observe from the world to conform to this conclusion, or story, or narrative, or movie as Adams calls it. Americans are watching two movies.

Thus if Trump wants to hold a military parade, he’s just like the dictator of North Korea. Or he’s a patriotic American honoring the troops. (A third interpretation, which is too advanced for a country where half of the population is losing its mind on any given day, is that Trump is an amoral actor who knows that Democrats will make the tactical blunder of opposing a military parade, and thus the parade isn’t about Hitler or honor, it’s about winning.)

Half of the country is watching one movie on Trump, based on how they subjectively alter the facts to conform to their conclusion about Trump. The other half of the country is watching a movie where the economy is entering a Golden Age, as the stock market rises, companies invest heavily in America, and our military has tremendous success against ISIS.

In a rational world, people would update their priors about the world. If, for example, you said you opposed Trump because you feared a stock market crash, you’d say, “Huh? Looks like I was wrong. I no longer oppose Trump.” Yet that’s not how humans work.

As Benjamin Franklin quipped, “So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.”
Adams, as any skilled comedian, is able to distill truths into smaller, understandable insights. If you read David Hume (A Treatise of Human Nature), Simon Blackwell (Ruling Passions) and Kahneman and Tversky (Choices, Values, and Frames), his book will be an excellent practical application of timeless wisdom and cognitive science.

If you’re new to the idea that you aren’t rational, Win Bigly will trigger cognitive dissonance within yourself, as you declare that everyone else might be lying to themselves, but you can’t be tricked by your own mind.

With Win Bigly, Adams has cemented himself as a national treasure.

P.S. Don’t miss this interview I did with Scott Adams on Trump and how to Win Bigly at life.

You can watch that interview here (https://dangerandplay.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbe80d728d3fe7d4c10c2f364&id=5743a41b11&e=4147b14330).

Hope you are winning bigly,
Mike Cernovich

..

Swordsmyth
02-07-2018, 03:13 PM
Protesters Vow to Lie Down in Front of Tanks at Military Paradehttps://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-tiananmen-square-protesters-vow-lie-down-front-181704975.html

dannno
02-07-2018, 03:17 PM
Protesters Vow to Lie Down in Front of Tanks at Military Parade

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-tiananmen-square-protesters-vow-lie-down-front-181704975.html


Why do they think this will be allowed to happen?

Swordsmyth
02-07-2018, 03:20 PM
Why do they think this will be allowed to happen?

Because like all spoiled brats they were always allowed to have their way while growing up and now they can't imagine life treating them any differently.

nikcers
02-07-2018, 08:43 PM
Sen. Rand Paul: Trump’s military parade is a good idea if we bring troops home from Afghanistan first


A military parade in the nation’s capital? The last military parade in Washington was in 1991, after our victory in the first Iraq War.

Though the martial image of high-stepping soldiers is not one I tend to associate with our nation’s Founders’ distrust of a standing Army, I’m not against a victory celebration. So I propose we declare victory in Afghanistan, bring home our 14,000 troops and hold a victory parade.

We defeated the enemy in Afghanistan. We killed or captured the terrorists who planned, plotted, or aided in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. We killed the ringleader, Osama bin Laden. We disrupted the terrorists’ camps where they plotted and trained. We dislodged the Taliban government that aided and abetted bin Laden.

We just don’t know how to appreciate a good thing. A big part of our foreign policy failures is not knowing when and how to declare victory. So, why not a parade? Bring the troops home and declare the victory that should have been declared years ago.

The only reason victory is elusive in Afghanistan is that presidents continue to have an impossible definition of victory. If victory is creating a nation where no real nation has ever existed, then no victory will ever occur.
If victory requires the disparate tribes and regional factions of Afghanistan to have more allegiance to a regime in Kabul than to their local tribal leaders, then victory will never come.

We spend about $50 billion a year in Afghanistan. When quizzed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently, undersecretaries of Defense and State could not answer the most rudimentary of questions concerning the war.
How many Taliban fighters do we face? Blank faces for an answer. What percentage of the Taliban are unrepentant terrorists unwilling to negotiate? Blank faces again.

The Taliban now control a significant amount of Afghanistan’s real estate. Are the Taliban open to negotiating, considering that they appear to be winning? Blank faces again, but with perhaps a touch of remorse, knowing that there really is no possible military solution in Afghanistan.

The neocons are unaccustomed to nuance in victory. They seem to have learned some lesson about unconditional and total surrender when America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II with the surrender of Japan, and they seem unwilling or unable to accept any other form of victory.

So, by all means, a parade – yes! As long as it is a victory parade heralding an end to America’s longest war.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/07/sen-rand-paul-trump-s-military-parade-is-good-idea-if-bring-troops-home-from-afghanistan-first.html

Raginfridus
02-07-2018, 09:28 PM
He should make it an LGBTQ military parade. Have the rainbow battalion march first.

NorthCarolinaLiberty
02-08-2018, 05:19 AM
You know, not everyone that disagrees with you is a paid shill right?

Of course. That's why I didn't mention anyone else.




I post too many anti-trump and anti-theist things so some dishonest people, like NCL in particular, will make up a biography about me so they can dismiss anything I say without actually using their very limited reasoning capabilities.

No, I don't need to make up anything. I actually read all your posts. Every single one. You people just aren't very good at what you do. Nice try, though!

NorthCarolinaLiberty
02-08-2018, 05:21 AM
You don't pay attention, do you?

Zippy tactic 101:

Demand proof of claim.

When proof is provided...

Ignore, slink away to troll another day.

I don't have the time to play these trolls' games.

I call it like I see it.


Yep; you can call out the Soros people 100 times in a row, and they'll still give the same, lame template reply of What? Who? Me?!

Zippyjuan
02-08-2018, 12:49 PM
It is easier to call names than to actually debate or provide useful information to a discussion. "Sorros!" "Troll!"

NorthCarolinaLiberty
02-08-2018, 01:53 PM
It is easier to call names than to actually debate or provide useful information to a discussion. "Sorros!" "Troll!"


It's easier to attempt hiding and deflection than to actually discuss why you posted something.

Working Poor
02-08-2018, 04:46 PM
I hear that there are a bunch of liberals who plan to lay down in front of the tanks like the students did in Tienanmen Square.

timosman
02-08-2018, 05:27 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qULXpV9CWI

r3volution 3.0
02-08-2018, 06:19 PM
Sen. Rand Paul: Trump’s military parade is a good idea if we bring troops home from Afghanistan first.

A parade in the nation’s capital? The last military parade in Washington was in 1991, after our victory in the first Iraq War.

Though the martial image of high-stepping soldiers is not one I tend to associate with our nation’s Founders’ distrust of a standing Army, I’m not against a victory celebration. So I propose we declare victory in Afghanistan, bring home our 14,000 troops and hold a victory parade

Hear Hear

pcosmar
02-08-2018, 07:27 PM
It is easier to call names than to actually debate or provide useful information to a discussion. "Sorros!" "Troll!"

And yet to date you have never engaged me in actual debate.

In any incarnation. (is there a note?)

spudea
02-08-2018, 07:52 PM
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/politics/military-parade-trump/index.html

Response to "Rocket Man"?

The bastille day parade doesn't include Taepodong-class missile launchers....Trump didn't say he wanted missile launchers, Trump really didn't say anything about what equipment he wanted anyways. So Chuck Schumer also called for a military parade in 2014 including strike craft flyovers, was he compared to an authoritarian dictator? Get the fuck out with this bullshit fake news fearmongering.

Zippyjuan
02-15-2018, 01:58 PM
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/15/585924807/trumps-military-parade-could-cost-as-much-as-50-million


Trump's Military Parade Could Cost As Much As $50 Million

Picture this: troops in vintage uniforms marching through the streets as military aircraft carve the skies overhead, all in a grand celebration of Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. That's one scenario taking shape as the Pentagon maps out options for the military parade President Trump has requested.

In response to Trump's request, the Department of Defense has worked up five options, with price tags ranging from $3 million to as much as $50 million, a U.S. official told NPR.

Meanwhile White House budget director Mick Mulvaney told the House Budget Committee on Wednesday that "very preliminary" estimates he had seen put the cost at between $10 million and $30 million "depending on the size of the parade, the scope of it, the length of it, those kinds of things."

"Obviously an hour parade is different than a five-hour parade in terms of the cost and the equipment and those types of things," Mulvaney added.

Trump has said he wants to try to top the French Bastille Day parade he attended last year in Paris, which lasted just over two hours.

"We had a lot of planes going over and we had a lot of military might, and it was really a beautiful thing to see," Trump said in September, describing the French parade from two months earlier. "They had representatives from different wars and different uniforms. It was really so well done."

You can see the influence of that parade in what the White House requested the Pentagon plot out, right down to the uniforms from wars past.

According to the official, the request was for a parade that would take place on Veterans Day, with a World War I theme, featuring military aircraft, heavy armored vehicles — possibly including tanks — and troops from all the services taking part. Troops wearing World War I uniforms are also in the mix.

The last military parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., was in 1991, to celebrate victory in Operation Desert Storm. There also were parades at the conclusion of the Civil War, World War I and World War II. There isn't a tradition of military parades in the U.S. outside of war victories and Cold War-era presidential inaugurations. And 16 years into the war in Afghanistan, there is no clear path to victory.

By potentially tying the parade to the 100th anniversary of the end of the War To End All Wars, there may be an effort to associate with the tradition of celebrating war victories and avoid associations with countries like North Korea, China and Russia, which regularly hold military parades, in part for their propaganda value.

Members of Congress from both parties have been critical of the idea of a military parade, questioning its cost and necessity.