The D.C. parade crowd definitely has Trump rally strains. The MAGA hats, the mugshot t-shirts. But talked to a lot of tourists, international visitors, apolitical onlookers. Pretty subdued. And these folks.
The tanks and planes have yet to arrive. And the end of the route appears to be more populated and spirited. But here between 20th and 21st streets on Constitution Avenue, the mood is decidedly subdued. Golf clap-level enthusiasm as we hit the 6:20 p.m. mark.
Standing in shitty weather amidst a middling crowd watching something that hasn't happened since the end of the Gulf War would probably leave you feeling a bit foolish and confused. At that point, golf clap is all you have.
Hey guys! It's YOUR day! How bout you walk for miles on blacktop in the summer to congratulate Taco Don for managing to escape jail time despite 34 felonies?
With full respect to soldiers and their sacrifices, Americans suck at marching and you can see it was put together last minute. That said, it’s sad that soldiers had to practice marching at all for this.
I feel for that band. Depending on who it is there are some top tier groups in the armed forces, but I have heard more excitement for a highschool band in a town of 4,000 people.
Many places along the way, probably all the way, we had 3, 4, 5 people deep, less only if the sidewalk didn't allow more, here in a smaller city in low-population Montana. #nokings brought out unbelievably many people! Poor donnie must be so sad, ha ha.
The Smithsonian gets more than that during any day for the Folk Life Festival in July. In. July. The 🍊💩 can't get that on a mild Saturday in June. Pitiful 🤣
King Charles 1st Trooping the Colour was estimated to cost £10 million.
Polished, Professional, well executed and well attended
Trumps 1st Temu Trooping the Color $45 million
A shambolic meandering to the tune of a protest song about a draft system that allowed rich draft dodgers like Trump
Thanks. You're right: I love a good party.
Not so keen on a bunch of preening gits poncing about like the cast of a B-movie set in Ruritania, at huge expense to the rest of us.
Sean spicer is going to repeal down from a black hawk and tell us these were the biggest crowds in the history of military parades. He’s been stretching out for 10 days.
If it was about the military, people would be there for it. But most people know this is about him and want nothing to do with it. He’s politicizing the military and most people, even a lot of his voters, are deeply uncomfortable with that.
We need more people to walk by and refuse to stop and fawn over this disgusting display. Make him real mad. Maybe he'll get so mad he has an aneurysm and fucks off permanently.
That’s not a parade. It’s a march. It is a protest. Where are the flash bangs, the CS gas, the destruction of property to blame on the protesters? Where are the journalists getting gunned down in the streets, specifically targeted by LE? Where is the kettling and provocation by LE? Not a parade.
Meanwhile Louisville, Kentucky had over 7,000 people peacefully protesting the Trump regime (this is a video of people returning from a march; this is a small portion of the peaceful protesters)
We didn’t vote for this..Trump and Elon has admitted on more than one occasion that they cheated and Elon bought the presidency for him. We the people are doing our damn best. If the Dems and GOP in power actually did something to stop this madness that would be great.
Thanks. I know some groups try to get their own numbers, but I fear it misses lots of other groups. I know this isn’t perfect, but it’s a start and can be copied or analyzed.
there's more traffic on the sidewalks of constitution on any given day. I am so sorry that the Army has been forced into this selfish display. Soldiers deserve much better than being pawns
This thread is sad. Think of the millions wasted by a dude who called soldiers “losers and suckers” and who has severely eroded services for veterans. This parade isn’t about celebrating the Army. It’s about celebrating HIM in militaristic, Dear Leader fashion.
Will you be providing final estimates of attendance? If not, do you know who will be? I just queried and no one seems to have numbers that are factual only estimates done six hours earlier.
I wonder if Elon Musk can explain this disparity. Supposedly many millions of people voted for t-rump. Why aren't they there to celebrate his lame parade? 🤔
Gods, I don’t think I could turn up to support my son and that kills me because I’d try and support him in everything but gods, kid, I’d have never liked you joining the military at all (Quaker) so marching for this fucking twat? Might be a bridge too far.
I’d love him from a distance, I think.
For comparison to the “yoogue” parade by the most powerful military in the world, here’s the turnout from the 2025 St. Patrick’s Day parade in Killarney.
Ugh, We have to wait til 6:30 to see the parade, then wait around with two cranky kids til 9 or 9:30 for the fireworks? Then find my way back via the communist metro to the hotel we booked in Silver Springs?
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(Damned funny, good job)
And I'm not from Indiana.
I love that for him.
(Otley Carnival is way better mind).
Home of BYU?
Wow.
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The ego of an asshole denied the #USArmy the celebration it's 250th year of Service deserved.
Coming from a family of Veterans, dating back to my granddad's service in WWII, I found this charade despicable.
My late grandfather Eugene E Marx
Sparta, WI
I think we rained on his parade.
than are watching the parade of their own head-of-state who's just a pound shop felon (most def. not a king)
Money wasted would be better off helping pensioners pay their energy bills.
Polished, Professional, well executed and well attended
Trumps 1st Temu Trooping the Color $45 million
A shambolic meandering to the tune of a protest song about a draft system that allowed rich draft dodgers like Trump
Not so keen on a bunch of preening gits poncing about like the cast of a B-movie set in Ruritania, at huge expense to the rest of us.
street when Nats won World Series
https://youtube.com/shorts/xAyoiDN0dsA?si=uWOjdD72hqyEPxWz
God damn our President.
#OneDeep #TrumpParade
It rained
And it wasn’t a party or a parade
sad for those that marched and played.
Looks like they paid just enough attendees to cover the road.
Why?
Because we outnumber them. When we finally get our ish together and organize, they don’t stand a chance and they know it.
Mil families of the parade soldiers alone could account for the “crowd.”
What a sad state of affairs the U.S. is in, but when you elect an abject conman who is also a rapist and also a turbo hypocrite
This is what you get when the rest of you have no guts, or spine and your media is a disgrace
Fraudsters run your military and gov now
Here's a sample of just some from MA.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemuzL8DMlBn4hCV9h70TqZ0nk8iB2OBfjbCedCx0PbIzlwOA/viewform
When I was a kid, I lived in a town so small it could be considered a village. We had better turnout at all of our parades.
Hegseth could do him a solid and send up a Signal😉
Everyone from the Administration to the SECDEF and our CJCS should be ashamed of themselves!
All that money to prove to yourself how much you are HATED.
#parade #Protests
Anyone who ever spent all afternoon polishing boots & squaring away bunks knows this is wrong.
I salute the soldiers & I goddamn anyone who voted Тяцмр & put them in this position.
Army, if you’re listening, I have a domestic enemy btw
#nokings
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Dozens enthralled!
And now those soldiers are really embarrassed in front of their family
I’d love him from a distance, I think.
WE THE PEOPLE
Downtown Dubuque, Iowa
NO KINGS rally.
These two web sites outline many nonviolent strategies. You can choose the ones that work best for your community.
https://beautifultrouble.org
https://commonslibrary.org
Literally more people came out to protest Vance in the MRV
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Screw that!
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