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The Trump Connection: White House Takeover Of Army Birthday Celebration Proves Boon To Hollywood Prop Houses


The poignant display of US military might in DC today on Trump's birthday comes with a Hollywood connection

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump ’s vainglorious birthday parade masquerading as a celebration of the 250 th anniversary of the U.S. Army may get drenched in a rainy DC this Flag Day, but the financial sun is shining a bit brighter for some suffering Hollywood vendors. By sheer coincidence (and if you believe that I have a bridge and several aging hipster cafes in Brooklyn to sell you), the parade for the brave men and women of the Army is taking place on the exact day Trump (who bragged online Saturday about his birthday call from Vladimir Putin) turns 79. Though various Tinseltown prop houses understandably asked to remain anonymous to avoid potential backlash from customers in the Blue-ish industry, everyone to a man and woman at the companies and warehouses Deadline reached out to stressed how vital the orders were to keep them above water in a troubled time in Hollywood with few productions and an increasingly uncertain future.

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