tanks stationed outside. got to be careful with the tanks because the roads have a tendency not to like heavy tanks so we have to put them in certain areas. we have the brand-new sherman tanks, the brand-new abram tanks, and we have some incredible equipment, military equipment on display. brand-new. and we re very proud of it. so a couple issues here for the president. one, sherman tanks have not been in active service since the 1950s. problem two, the tanks that are coming weigh about 60 tons each, and there is very real concern they could do major damage to the capitol city streets, bridges and, of course, our country s famed national mall. joining me now, washington post senior national affairs correspondent, jewuliet and mar jacobson. we re going to talk with mark in a second about the tanks, but, first, the concerns potentially
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the tanks because the roads have a tendency not to like to carry heavy tanks, so we have to put them in certain areas. but we have the brand new sherman tanks and the brand new abram tanks and we have some incredible equipment, military equipment on display. brand new. we re very proud of it. the president s mention of sherman tanks has caused some confusion since those haven t been used since around the 1950s. cnn s barbara starr joins us now from the pentagon. barbara, two questions for you. one of which is what are we actually going to see on thursday? and is the pentagon and military leaders really thrilled to be doing this show that we ll see on thursday as the president talked about in his tweet? well, what you re going to be seeing a lot of are aircraft flying overhead. look, the general public likes to see military flyovers. you re going to see, according to our sources, the b-2 bomber.
thrift and fiscal responsibility bar humbug. this is the fourth of july. we need to celebrate the united states of america nothing does that better than a big bold party but fireworks, blue angels and big beautiful abrams takes, the symbol of our military, the military that was the greatest engine of human freedom in all of history, the american military. i m so excited about this it warms my heart but what is even better than seeing the equipment our citizens bought and paid for, the fact that they will have troops out there and american citizens get to meet these young americans, these great soldiers. that is the one big thing i miss having retired, interacting with young americans. you are a veteran yourself, thank you for your service and i didn t do anything. import for people who have a family member or friend to have
abram tanks and we have some incredible equipment, military equipment on display. brand new, and we are very proud of it. maybe mistaken. i don t know that we have brand new sherman tanks. this is part of the tough guy image. likes talking about the military, propels that to world leaders, until he s in the room with a world leader or next to a world leader. with mohammad bin salman it was all smiles and handshakes with vladimir putin, when telling him not to interfere in the election it s smiles and winks. with kim jong-un it was, as you saw, big smiles and hand shakes. two sides to this president. they are. one thing about this military parade, the chinese and north koreans do military parades. they take years to practice. clearly ours are not going measure up to what the chinese and north korean normally do.