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Updated on May 22, 2025 – 10:47 a.m.Reading time: 10 min.
Tanks, helicopters, parachutists: The US Army calls details of the planned Trump parade. The household law coordinates in the House of Representatives. All developments in the news blog.
On Thursday, the US Republicans want to vote in the House of Representatives on the budget law of US President Donald Trump, which is also controversial in the Republican Party. The chairman of the House of Representatives, the Republican Mike Johnson, set a vote for 4:30 a.m. (10.30 a.m. CEST).
The budgetary law described by US President Trump as a “large, beautiful law” provides for an extension of the massive tax cuts from its first term (2017 to 2021) that expire at the end of the year. In order to compensate for the resulting budget deficit, the social expenditure, especially in the area of health insurance and food aids, should be massively shortened at the same time.
According to the U.S. Congress’s independent budget office, more than ten million US citizens would lose their health insurance as a result of the law. According to independent observers, tax cuts would also increase the state deficit by $ 4.8 trillion (4.3 trillion euros) over the course of a decade.
Both more moderate and conservative Republican MPs recently stood against the draft law. MP Ralph Norman from South Carolina called for more radical, “real cuts”. However, the Republican MPs have to vote almost unanimously for the plan to adopt the Chamber of deputy.
According to media reports, the US sports article manufacturer Nike will increase prices for several of its products from next week. Nike will also sell his products again at the online retailer Amazon, as the tariffs of US President Donald Trump disturbed the global supply chains and affect the retailers.
Nike, which draws a large part of his shoes from China and Vietnam, will increase the prices for clothing and equipment for adults by two to ten dollars, the broadcaster CNBC reported on Wednesday. For shoes in the price range $ 100 to $ 150, an increase of five dollars is planned.
Nike will also be selling products on Amazon for the first time in six years, reported the “The Information” platform. Nike is working to recapture market shares from newer and more trendy competitors.
A cryptocurrency called Trumpcoin, real estate deals and a gifted luxury jet from Qatar: In the second term of the US President Donald Trump, accusations and his family shamelessly increase. Among other things, a “exclusive” reception of the right -wing populist with buyers of his personal cryptocurrency on Thursday evening (Friday morning MESZ) met with sharp criticism. Read more about this here.
Tanks, dozens of fighting helicopters and parachutists: The US Army has announced details of a large military parade in Washington on the birthday of President Donald Trump. Almost 90 tanks and other armored vehicles will take part in the parade, which is officially held on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US Army on the day of Trump’s 79th birthday on June 14, as army spokesman Steve Warren reported on Wednesday.
In addition, more than 50 combat helicopters are said to fly over the parade route in the US capital. At the end of the parade, parachutists should end up in front of Trump and hand over a US flag. An all -day festival on the National Mall and fireworks are also planned. Warren put the total costs of the celebration with between $ 25 and $ 45 million (22 to 40 million euros).
During his first term, Trump visited the great Parisian military parade for the national holiday on July 14, 2017 at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. He was so impressed by this that he expressed the desire for a similar demonstration.
