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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aamer Madhani,Konstantin Toropin,Lisa Mascaro and Rachel Dobkin

White House pushed Navy celebration officials to launch live explosives over dummies as Trump ‘needed to see explosions’: report

The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during its 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, according to a new report.

One person familiar with the planning of the event told the Associated Press White House officials insisted to Navy planners that Trump “needed to see explosions" instead of just a “big splash” during the October 5 demonstration.

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