This Saturday, over a thousand pro-democracy rallies are happening across the country. And in D.C.? Trump is throwing himself a $45 million birthday parade, complete with tanks, helicopters, and military fanfare.
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hope all the National Guard in LA sleeping on the floor in a hallway with no food can manage to figure out $45,000,000 would probably be enough to get them a cot and a sandwich at the very least.
His supporters say it’s just patriotism. But parading military power through the U.S. capital at the command of a would-be strongman is nothing to celebrate. In fact, it's downright un-American.
Imagine if everyone who showed up to the parade just stood still and facing away from it, completely silent. It would ruin all the shots of the glorious display without the image and sound of a cheering crowd. All they would get are shots of people ignoring the spectacle.
Who will be repairing the roads afterwards? Oh, the problems it is going to cause - pot holes, broken lines, traffic horrors. He needs to move it to Space X City in Texas.
He wants to copy Russia. It's that simple. He wants to be like Putin, who in turn wanted to be like Stalin.
He's too stupid and vain to realise what he's doing to America.
Well I think it IS patriotic. I mean look afterall Putin has these types of parades, Un has them and so does Jinping. And those guys have made their countries GREAT! 😂😂
I'm a vet. And we never have done this. We don't need to brag to show off our military superiority. Everyone knows we have it. This is costing about 45 million dollars to put together. And that doesn't include repaving the streets the tanks are going to tear up. And they say they want to get
rid of fraud waste and abuse, and they SAY we don't have the money for Medicaid! The Felon has NEVER respected the military! He calls them suckers and losers! And it's just taking attention away from this Big Bloated Bill that will take millions of people's health care away! And all this illegal
He wants to be like Russia and North Korea and why has USA not got a plan to remove a sitting president who is terminally deluded, corrupt and making USA look like Dictatorship
Maybe it's a parade. Maybe it's cover to move military assets into position. Sounds crazy.... but everything about America 2025 would have sounded crazy before Trump.
Listening to the soldier describe the equipment made me think differently. Notes on my take.
- Americans have invested in this extraordinary offensive and defensive capability. It is unmatched, and we own it.
- The Air Force holds air shows, regularly.
- Aerial exhibition teams perform at festivals.
- Naval ships welcome visitors at Fleet Weeks throughout the US.
- The Army is celebrating a significant birthday, with history.
- On Flag Day, let's be patriotic. We can honor the Army without honoring the Commander in Chief.
- We expect this celebration to end and the Capitol to be restored.
Trump is a figurehead. Who are the strongmen? Okay, accepting Trump as the real strength of this administration. "would-be"? He's not strongman enough already?
George, he could NEVER be even a "would-be" strongman. There's nothing strong about him, not physically, not mentally, not socially, not politically, and certainly not spiritually.
Thank you for the clarification. 🤣 I can't stand the word "strong man" attached to anything with a penis who tries ridiculously and unoriginally to push around strong people, no matter how anyone defines it. I totally get the reference, but it will never fail to nauseate me. 👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿🌏🤗
Most countries would celebrate improvements in health care, reducing poverty, or similar progressive feats. Any idiot can increase spending to purchase more military toys.
The most recent major military parade in Washington, D.C., was the National Victory Celebration held on June 8, 1991, to commemorate the end of the Gulf War
Which one are we celebrating now? (just asking..........)
Opportunity for some incredibly courageous person to Tiananmen Square the parade, though they’d probably be whisked away in a white van never to be seen again.
(I am not that person. For one thing, I don’t live in the US)
Anyone who says a military parade is just patriotism misunderstands what there is about America to be proud of. Hint: it is not our capacity to subjugate and kill people.
Indeed, I wasn't disagreeing with you, but I often check the veracity of memes, and what I found out when I looked this one up seemed interesting enough to share.
Thank you! There is nothing patriotic about having a military parade for oneself! Especially when you have taken food and medicine away from children who are now dying! Or while you are desperately trying to pass a bill that will take healthcare, food and other necessities from people!
Don't watch any of it. Celebrate No Kings Day with your community and drown out Trump's war themed birthday party on social media, watch the Pope, listen to music, read a book, play with your kids, call your Mom/Dad. Many alternatives to watching tax dollars getting wasted for Trump's egofest.
With all respect these terms American v un-American used as synonyms for good and bad need to be retired. As far as much of the world is concerned the US was never that good & its own people re-elected a president who is shockingly bad. Americans need to fix this & make the US at least half-decent
If there was ever an opportunity more important than one of the hacking groups to target and disable the right wing news outlets, it would be this coming Saturday.
a.) his stupid parade would not reach his followers
b.) he would crumble, knowing his dictatorial message wasn't broadcast on state TV.
Very soviet though, and we all know he was turned by them back in 1987, his language switched to theirs after his visit, and now his soviet dreams of military parades for him are playing out, agent krasnov just doing as ordered...
Exactly. They’re supposedly putting down these metal things for the tanks to drive over but the weight of the tanks and so many of them will probably just push them into the ground making it hard to remove them or creating big bumps in the roads that will have to be repaired.
The guy is a draft dodger who called our military “losers and suckers”’ looks like he is right. Our military generals should be saying NO to this parade but instead look like losers and suckers. Stop letting the baby man get his way.
Has any other president thrown himself a parade? Has any other president been this intellectually challenged? Has any other president been so obviously insecure in his abilities as a man, a leader or a human?
LDE?
Please refrain from repeating the big beautiful birthday or the big beautiful bill as they are totally WRONG. I will use three b's for the #orangefelon
Bbbwwwaaahahahaha.
Quite a long history of military parades, but there is one teeny tiny typo, & we are all human & make them. 🙂
The civil war parade wasn't in 1965. 🤣
I hate it when that happens. 😖
I know this is a chilling dystopian event, but at the same time, I don’t think Donald Trump has really considered how *boring* a military parade can be. Once you’ve seen one tank or one marching band or one procession of people in uniform you’ve seen them all.
It’s funny how Republicans love to throw around the word communism in reference to Democrats, but this self indulgent show of power is exactly what communist dictators do. Think China. Think Russia. Think North Korea.
I'm sorry to say it, but right now Trump is winning. He has soldiers on the streets to face peaceful demonstrators and no one has stopped him. From now on he can do that anytime. Opposition has become dangerous, many are cowed into silence. It's sad and horrifying to watch.
$45 million on parade $135 million on CA national guard not needed. How much is military deployment costing us? In the end it will be over $200 million that could have been spent helping disaster relief for Los Angeles, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Preprration 4 tornado and hurricane season as well
And he’s threatening people who protest his wasteful birthday party. To hell with him. This is still our country and we still have the right to peacefully protest. June 14th protest trump!
When I think of all the seniors w/o their Meals on Wheels or kids about to lose their SNAP benefits or VETS about to lose their benefits - seeing him burn $45M makes me want to vomit and/ or punch something.
Please join me for a sit-in demonstration on the military parade route to honor our troops. They should no be made pawns of a wannabe dictator. Be there. Wear a mask. It will be wild!
oh I'm sure a lot of pro-democracy protesters will be at his dumbass birthday parade too. do you think he's gonna be sitting on a big gold battleship float?
He needs the standard dictator military parade so he Will qualify for the dictator jacket and join the dictator club. Then to meet the qualifications for dictator of the year, he needs to kill a reporter and at least 5 protestors. Good luck Donnie
THERE ARE PLANNED PROTESTS in DC ON June 14!“Multiple counter-protests of varying sizes are planned for Saturday, with the largest being a mass march to the White House”-AP [starting at noon][There is also an ongoing rally at Meridian Hill Park; Axios, reported May 15] https://www.wavy.com/news/politic...
“Extras/Seat fillers will be paid [$1,000, paid in crypto]+will be provided a lunch+soda.
We encourage people of color+ethnic groups for max perception control+individuals will be prominently displayed on televised broadcast+local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform”
He’s bringing in martial law. Anyone who voted for him are going to see firsthand how this will affect their medical bills, food bills, and snap benefits
There is also a tribute to Pope Leo at Cellular Field in Chicago, which has a capacity of 40,000, on June 14. The Archdiocese of Chicago reports it’s sold out.
All the soldiers should put their gear down and refuse to march, just walk away, their commanding officers and everyone involved. Spoil his parade and show our military defends the constitution not Trumps ego.
I wish that could happen, but I think it’s very unlikely. The soldiers have had it drilled into their heads they are to do what they are told to do. At all costs. I was married to a Marine. They go to jail if they don’t. Unless 100% refused? They go to jail. Do not pass go.
In Trump's addled mind, negative attention is better than no attention. If you really wanna hit him where it hurts, ignore him & his charade, I mean parade.
THERE ARE PLANNED PROTESTS in DC ON June 14!“Multiple counter-protests of varying sizes are planned for Saturday, with the largest being a mass march to the White House”-AP [starting at noon][There is also an ongoing rally at Meridian Hill Park; Axios, reported May 15] https://www.wavy.com/news/politic...
3. Everything trump has done is bad in every way. For every million dollars he spends on something bad, it likely costs 1 billion in repercussions, in trade, tourism, and the real estate market from people like Canadians
You are so intelligent George I feel that your followers will get this.
1. That $45 million is an estimate by an administration that hasn't answered a single budget question this year.
Huge difference will be the prodemocracy group will want to be there out of their own free will. The other are forced to be there due to a Russian puppet or because they are cowards.
It cost them 135 million just to move a few troops to LA and they didn't even provide them food or equipment...or a place to sleep since the ice team took up all the budget for their luxury hotels.
I'm going to hazard a guess at closer to at least $200m
I, for one, will be deeply disappointed if this military parade does NOT turn out to be a secret operation for a military coup. The entire cabinet and republican congress in one place at the same time. Chef’s kiss if they pull it off.
It's not the parade. It's the millions spent on nothing at the same time they are cutting aid and support to the poor, the disabled, the elderly. This parade is simply not at all "efficient".
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That money should be given to struggling veterans, the homeless, hungry, and poor of our society!💔😥
In the end a man's pride will bring him low, but happy is the person who shares his bread with the poor! #Birthday #Parade #Congress #Impeach #Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slqGnae3-U
Course, he ended up on the end of a piano wire, so there's that.
June 14
NO KINGS!
Using a zip code find a
PEACEFUL RALLY
https://www.nokings.org
He's too stupid and vain to realise what he's doing to America.
- Americans have invested in this extraordinary offensive and defensive capability. It is unmatched, and we own it.
- The Air Force holds air shows, regularly.
- Aerial exhibition teams perform at festivals.
- The Army is celebrating a significant birthday, with history.
- On Flag Day, let's be patriotic. We can honor the Army without honoring the Commander in Chief.
- We expect this celebration to end and the Capitol to be restored.
Is it a film or a documentary?
The ending is the hopeful part
Which one are we celebrating now? (just asking..........)
(I am not that person. For one thing, I don’t live in the US)
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eisenhower-military-parades/
a.) his stupid parade would not reach his followers
b.) he would crumble, knowing his dictatorial message wasn't broadcast on state TV.
guess people in DC will just have to deal with it waiting on them getting repaired?
LDE?
Bbbwwwaaahahahaha.
The civil war parade wasn't in 1965. 🤣
I hate it when that happens. 😖
But I'm predicting the TACO is going to cancel his big birthday parade. Too dangerous for him.
Then he proves that he has all the military he needs to attack US citizens.
He’s trying to teach the right wing to be ready to attack other citizens.
Then there's $ for
*NIH
*NOAA
*CDC
*FDA
*CPB/PBS/NPR
*USAID
*SNAP
*MEDICARE
*DEI
NO KINGS! SATURDAY!
We need you to stage a joint concert in D.C. on June 14 during his parade, and make it free.
-The American People
Besides Trump and his goons, that is.
It's a $150 million gift to his ego.
It's also meant to terrorize the nation into believing the military supports his authoritarian takeover. Which at this point looks to be true.
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You mean “Non-Participation Cadet Bone Spurs Day!”
You’re welcome!😂
This may beat Donnie’s little shit show in terms of attendance and audience
Hoping so and not even catholic
https://www.nlg.org/massdefenseprogram/los/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/353
Gee, I wonder which one the networks are going to carry?🙄🤮
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You know the assignment. ✅
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“Extras/Seat fillers will be paid [$1,000, paid in crypto]+will be provided a lunch+soda.
We encourage people of color+ethnic groups for max perception control+individuals will be prominently displayed on televised broadcast+local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform”
Highly unlikely!
(The fact I even considered it possible shows what I think of ‘him’)
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/clever-ad-says-trump-is-paying-people-in-crypto-to-attend-parade-its-a-joke-right-right.html?outputType=amp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/no-fat-soldiers-military-pre-screened-troops-at-trump-s-fort-bragg-rally-for-looks-and-loyalty-per-shocking-report/ar-AA1GxunW
Media: 100% focus on the Pope visiting Chicago the same day (on purpose, he’s given you an out to not cover the parade, use it)
*A corrupt president in South Korea who declared martial law was forced to leave office by massive people protests.
http://www.nokings.org/
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html
It's like his rallies all over again.
Is it the stink?
The long, drawn out windbagginess?
Why wouldn't they be able to get people?
This is concerning.
Makes me feel like they're gonna pull a "Butler" on sorts.
https://www.thedailybeast.com//major-tv-networks-set-to-snub-trumps-military-parade-for-sports/?via=ios
Who owns the media corporations is telling.
Where have I heard this story before...
I wonder if it'll end the same way.
(Hitler's birthday)
1. That $45 million is an estimate by an administration that hasn't answered a single budget question this year.
It's either 50501 or Indivisible that says 1500 events and more are scheduled
Democracy or dick-tator?
I'm going to hazard a guess at closer to at least $200m
Not only vile but stupid.
In a single month he'll spend near 200 million of tax payer money. Gotta use that 1 trillion budget somehow.
No Faux King Way.
"Donny, these men are cowards" Walter Sobchak
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Korea
He's gonna hate it.
Humanity would appreciate it.