Summary
Trump is planning a $92 million military parade on June 14, 2025—his 79th birthday, Flag Day, and the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.
The four-mile event, from the Pentagon to the White House, revives a long-desired spectacle Trump previously canceled in 2018 over costs.
He has since overhauled military leadership, removing top Pentagon officials and replacing them with loyalists likely to support the parade.
D.C. officials, facing pressure from Trump’s federal overreach, have shown little resistance. Critics call it a vanity project amid broader concerns about authoritarian tendencies.
Maybe you even get someone ran over by a tank. Hmm, that sounds familiar.
I know you’re being sarcastic, but I’d point out that it wouldn’t be the military handling crowd control; it would be the DC police.
DC and Trump have a long and unhappy history.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/08/washington-dc-push-back-gop-attacks/82789086007/
First article in search.
I’m pretty sure the cops would decide that they didn’t want to interfere with a legitimate protest.
Depends. Trump is still trying to bring DC police under DHS control.