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Mayor of the district of columbia and people around being the reason why they couldn't put the parade on. most people see through that, but the critical thing is most young veterans don't feel they need a parade. they are often received shably, the young veterans coming back from afghanistan and iraq, they are widely celebrated. they have a huge number of young veterans running for congress this fall. a cnn reported a striking number of them are winning the primaries and are getting into the finals and looking like strong candidates. >> it was a good point. the reception is different than in d...

President said the local politicians who run washington, d.c. poorly know a windfall when they see it. when asked to give us a price for holding a military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high i canceled it. he said he would attend a parade commemorating the end of world war i. joining me now to talk about the raining of the president's parade, author of the book gaslighting america. so, david, you now have the president saying that he was the one who decided on his own to pull the plug on the mill pear parade, but we know there were not a lot of folks excited about this in the pe...

Friday they put on a great performance and they would probably love have him. >> that's a great recommendation. it appears the president got this idea from the bastille day parade in france, a tradition there. you served multiple u.s. presidents of both parties. why is it that this is not something that the u.s. does by tradition? >> i think we are quietly more confident about who we are and the tear. we have the best trained military in the world. and we don't feel the need to express ourselves in that way. frankly this for many in military leadership, the idea of this parade was less reminis...

There were different estimates. there were different factors. was it ever a good idea when the president himself is talking about insufficient funds for veterans coming home and wounded vets, etc. >> no. the country is $21 trillion in debt. it was always a bad idea. we should always celebrate the veterans, but he had it wrong. he wanted a parade for himself in front of the white house. his priorities were skewed. this is evidence that the system worked. trump had a bad idea to waste money on a bad project. people presented him facts and evidence and he actually listened and backed down. he had...