Discussions under way to fulfil Trump’s wish of Washington military parade

President Donald Trump watches as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves the West Wing of the White House (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

The Trump administration is having early discussions about a grand military parade in Washington during the summer, something that is a long-held dream of the president.

Washington DC mayor Muriel Bowser said on Monday that the administration had reached out to the city about holding a parade on June 14 that would stretch from Arlington in Virginia, where the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery are located, across the Potomac River and into Washington.