Here’s another instance of the damage that simply gets lost in the floodtide of wreckage swirling along behind Trump and his GOP enablers.

After Independence Day last week Democrats in the House and Senate announced they will be examining President Trump’s “Salute to America” Fourth of July military parade (with tanks) and fireworks display held at the Lincoln Memorial.

The latest estimate is that it cost taxpayers at least $9.15 million. And despite the cost, Donald’s “Salute” was widely panned here and openly mocked by Russian state run media.

U.S.House and Senate investigations move slowly, take time and likely hardly be noticed. But the City of Washington DC is feeling immediate financial damage. The Washington Post reports Trump’s vanity project cost the city $1.7 million in combined police expenses. And [it] has bankrupted a special fund used to protect the nation’s capital from terrorist threats and provide security at events such as rallies and state funerals.

In a letter to the president Tuesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) warned that the fund has been depleted and is estimated to be running a $6 million deficit when the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The mayor also noted that the account was never reimbursed for $7.3 million in expenses from Trump’s 2017 inauguration.

Sure it is week-old news but now a familiar pattern; someone else is always left to clean-up what Trump & Company leave in the road after the parade.