That's a great montage! But he wanted more than just the NK and the Ruzzian soldiers' sharp drill -- he wanted THIS. Except he wanted HIS to be better. The bright uniforms, the plumes, the swords, the heavily gold-fringed flags -- take a look! It's amazing!
He wanted the Bastille Day Parade, and he wanted it badly! He was ITCHING for it! The bright uniforms, the fancy accoutrements like the plumes, the spats, and the swords, the mounted band and the cavalry regiment, the heavily gold-fringed flags -- take a look!
That parade was the best of service before self by the Army. Followed orders for a parade but weren’t political pawns. Those soldiers were willing to appear lackluster and boring to protect our citizens from propaganda pictures.
Should’ve known Army generals could outsmart DJT & Pete!
TFG wanted a FIERCE MARTIAL SPECTACLE, and the soldiers weren't cooperating. From the pictures, they were waving and smiling at folks; I'm told they were walking off-cadence and shambled along; and it just wasn't spectacular, dammit.
So much for his fantasy of outdoing the Bastille Day Parade!
The flop seen around the world... I've yet to hear him say "it was the biggest crowd ever!", so he knows he can't spin it. My hope is he blames and fires Hegseth.
Understatement of the day! Great NoKings events all over WA state!
Lots of fun with a feeling of accomplishment after walking 3.4 miles. For me at 72 it was a reminder of my antiwar protest days of the 70’s.
Eisenhower when asked if US should have a military parade: “Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”
A flop is something that didn’t do as well as predicted. Example: Movie predicted to make 200 million only makes $160 million. Thats a flop. When you spend 45 million on an event with an expected attendance of 250k and only 10k show up…that is an absolute devastating failure and embarrassment.
not the actual cost of the parade.
Army refuses to disclose cost of moving the hardware, making costumes, flyovers etc.
No figures for security including fencing, temporary seating, etc.
I suspect this parade cost hundreds of millions.
Army: RECRUITMENT!
Me: How many signed up?
The problem we face now is that Trump is upset and angry by the parade, No Kings protests AND what happened at the G7 when Carney apparently cut off a Trump rant at a presser. Trump warned Tehran to evacuate, bemoaned impending loss of life, left the G7 presumably to be involved in that loss of life
And here we have the happy face of a guy who had a "fantastic" time at a parade he insisted on having on his birthday, which was very sparsely attended. Ahh, good times, good times . . .
Haven't seen that, but I DID see all those empty seats in the VIP stands, and the scanty general attendance, even though there was an advertisement in Craigslist asking for people to fill out the crowd.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day_military_parade#/media/File:Bastille_Day_Parade_2017,_VBCI_of_the_16th_battalion_of_chasseurs.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day_military_parade#/media/File:Bastille_Day_Parade_2017,_VBCI_of_the_16th_battalion_of_chasseurs.jpg
Should’ve known Army generals could outsmart DJT & Pete!
So much for his fantasy of outdoing the Bastille Day Parade!
Lots of fun with a feeling of accomplishment after walking 3.4 miles. For me at 72 it was a reminder of my antiwar protest days of the 70’s.
Army refuses to disclose cost of moving the hardware, making costumes, flyovers etc.
No figures for security including fencing, temporary seating, etc.
I suspect this parade cost hundreds of millions.
Army: RECRUITMENT!
Me: How many signed up?
Said this before leaving for G7, then repeated last line.
He's seriously delusional and suffering f dementia..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k3UvaC5m7o
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