BUDGET/DHS/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s July Fourth event and protests surrounding it cost the Washington government approximately $1.7 million and drained the city’s fund for security, according to Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser. The Emergency Planning and Security Fund will be depleted before the end of the 2019 fiscal year and will stand more than $6 million over budget, Bowser said in a letter to the President on Tuesday [7-9-19], citing recent estimates by the District’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Bowser requested that the Trump administration commit to fully reimbursing the fund, which provides for public safety at events in DC and response support to terrorist threats or attacks in the district, and accommodates requests from the US Secret Service…On Thursday [7-11-19], Bowser told CNN’s John Berman on ‘New Day’ that ‘our experience in working with the White House over several administrations is that the White House pays its bills’ and that if the fund isn’t replenished, the city ‘will either be able to provide less support for upcoming events”’ or be forced to ask DC taxpayers to pay off the debt.”
–Kate Sullivan, “DC mayor says Trump’s July 4th bash drained city budget for security,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 10, 2019 8:50 am