"Let's put on a parade for this great leader" as opposed to "I want a parade!" (for a greatly, less great leader).
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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Let's be sure the best parade balloon ever created is part of it.
Omg please bring this back 🤣 it was such an incredible troll move, and it very obviously got under his skin
I saw a couple people carrying smaller versions of it at the Handsoff event. 😂
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Trump doesn't give a shit about anyone but him. They just cut $55M intended to fund training for rural teachers (because who wants educated educators?) and now he wants to spend more than that on a mile long military parade celebrating his birthday. And it's not even a milestone birthday, just a birthday.
From the article, Trump wanted to do something similar but, presumably smaller, in his first term but backed off after the price tag came to $92M. He instead opted for an event that ONLY cost $13M. How much do you think this one will cost? What will get cut to fund it?
Fucking narcissistic traitor... He'll probably figure out how to grift a few tens of millions from this by selling tickets, too.
four-mile-long*
Don't show up, even to protest. He'll just say everyone showed up for him. Let him have his audience-less parade like a retarded North Korean despot.
how about a nearby protest with the goal of gathering more people than the parade itself? that would piss him off
A protest with signs that point out how much trump hates the military would be good.
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This is the correct response.
ETA: and I strongly suspect this will happen somehow. So, his birthday is June 14th, so those who can should start making plans to be in DC around then (actual day of parade may be different, so don't lock in specific dates until there's more info).
Meanwhile, get ready for your local May 1st protests. (More locations will be certainly be added to that map as the day gets closer).
And until then, there are lots more opportunities to get out and protest.
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Hmm, aren't over-the-top displays of military forces a sign of something? What could it possibly be, certainly not fascism or something silly like that . . .
hey kim got a 3 miles parade, vlad got a 2.5 miles parade, who's donald to have a shorter parade than them for his birthday? They'll laugh at him at the next villain con
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Trump crafted the idea for a military parade after witnessing a lavish Bastille Day celebration in Paris in 2017. Top US generals and officials were less thrilled about the idea. At one White House meeting, when Trump addressed his idea with Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, then the second-highest-ranking general as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Selva suggested the idea was reminiscent of something often seen in dictatorships. When Trump asked Selva what he thought of the parade, Selva said he grew up in Portugal, which "was a dictatorship — and parades were about showing the people who had the guns." "And in this country, we don't do that," Selva said. "It's not who we are." Trump then asked Selva whether or not he liked the idea, to which he responded: "No." He added, "It's what dictators do."
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He won't attend a veteran funeral in favor of going golfing, but he wants a military parade for his birthday.
While a man he admits is innocent continues to sit in a prison in El Salvador
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Is there a way to report things to DOGE? This seems like an easy cut.
Oh he’ll just sell corporate sponsorships for his little man-child parade.
Where’s DOGE?
Cutting VA benefits.
Slashing social security to fund this and golfing.
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Where is DOGE? This is like Charles Minor coming down on Michael Scott. Trump is just a huge fucking cry baby that needs constant validation. What a fucking loser.
I want the military to maliciously comply with this.
One Army solder marches by
One mile later one Marine marches by
One mile later a lone Navy sailor marches by
One mile later one USAF pilot marches by
One mile later a member of the USCG marches by.
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JFC, what an asshole.
So a perfect time for a military coup? 🤞
In case you haven't figured it out yet, the military is fine with trump.
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He doesn’t look a day over 136.
It’s okay, he means he’s going to Four Mile Parade Landscaping on his birthday.
Next up, the goose step, with jackboots, will be used when marching past the main stage. Over $11 trillion lost and the stupid fuck wants to play army.
Great idea. All soldiers just love being told to march in birthday performances for draft dodgers.
Is he going to be sad again when military still can't roll tanks down the streets, or will he let them tear up the infrastructure this time?
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What a man baby.
Hashtag just dictator things
Sounds like a great place to do massive civil disobedience.
If enough people show up wearing all black, like it’s a funeral, and boo the entire time, my heart would swell with pride.
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