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Thursday, August 16

US President Donald Trump sits in the drivers seat of a semi-truck as he welcomes truckers and CEOs to the White House in Washington, DC, March 23, 2017, to discuss healthcare. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON / ALTERNATIVE CROP JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: US Presid ORIG FILE ID: AFP_MX9AZ

Military parade to top $90 million, per one reported estimate

Trump's wants a big show to show off America's military. And taxpayers will naturally pick up the tab. Also on Thursday: Omarosa's latest tape.

President Donald Trump likes trucks! See the photo above, and even this book! They are big and strong and haul objects. But perhaps more than trucks, Trump likes big military parades that say, "Pay attention, world, we are big and strong!" Trump saw such a parade such a parade last year in Paris with fast jets, ponies and big tanks - oh my! Trump would very much like a parade like that, he said

And now he will get one of his very own! And it may only cost Americans $92 million, over 600 percent more than the original estimate! So a Pentagon official told the Associated Press. Plans and costs may change, the Defense Department told USA TODAY, but one thing is certain: Balloons depicting Trump as a crying baby may be flying in America, but this parade will make Trump a very happy president - no matter the cost - thanks to taxpayers!

But when will the parade take place? It's hard to say! Amid Thursday's reports of the parade's climbing cost estimates, a Pentagon official said the parade would be pushed back from Nov. 10 to sometime in 2019.

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Omarosa's latest tape: Laura Trump and a cushy job offer

Omarosa Manigault Newman dropped her latest tape Thursday of a phone call featuring Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law and a top campaign official, offering to pay her $15,000 a month for a "flexible" campaign job if agreed to only speak positively about her time working at the White House. Omarosa called it an attempt to "silence" her with cash. Lara Trump, in a statement, reportedly called the tape a "fraud" while admitting she did offer Omarosa the job.

Trump itching to sue opioid makers

Trump on Thursday asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to sue companies selling opioids and to look into legal actions to halt drug trafficking from China and Mexico, whom he accused of "sending their garbage and killing our people." The lawsuit copies a method used by dozens of cities across the nation struggling to stem surging overdose deaths in their communities. About 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the Centers for Disease Control reported - 10 percent more than in 2016.

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