It’s okay, he means he’s going to Four Mile Parade Landscaping on his birthday.
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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 . . .
this is just so they can get a most of the military in one place, so that way russia’s sneak attack will be more effective
In fairness, also of Communism and Military Dictatorships.
is america great again yet?
No
maybe more tarrifs make it better.
Jesus Christ, America...
JFC, what an asshole.
Sounds like a perfect opportunity for a surprise bday protest. Imagine everyone doing as expected one minute and then suddenly all the signs for freedom of speech expression go up in glorious unison! The bigliest bday protest ever!
Hahahaha all the people that didn’t vote in the last election can kiss their voting rights goodbye. Muah!💋
Shameful
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."
He won't attend a veteran funeral in favor of going golfing, but he wants a military parade for his birthday.
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.
what a perfect opportunity to establish a military coup and take back control of our government from fascists.
opportunities don't get much better than this folks.
I don't have the statistics, but generally, the Police and the Military are turned toward far right. I'm pretty sure most of them voted for Trump and are happy with everything that's going one. And the financing of both haven't decreased
My immediate reaction to seeing this title was split between happy AF "oh maybe he thinks he won't make it to 80" and then "but what is he saving for that birthday?"
I have never honestly, purely, maliciously, and actively wished death on somebody currently alive (I've done it before for certain people to happen right before they did "the thing" they did) than I do now about him. Well, them. Him and the co-president.
And for once I feel no moral uncertainty in hoping it is the most terrifying, embarrassing, humiliating, depressing, public, well-captured (for historical purposes of course), and agonizing things ever experienced by a single human. By a huge amount.
Hitler may have tortured 6 million, but Trump is making 300 some million lives worse. Significantly worse. And if we end up in a war, then 100% of those deaths will be directly attributable to him, as will all the LGBT people that harm themselves under his reign.
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.
While a man he admits is innocent continues to sit in a prison in El Salvador
Unless he's already dead. Which is probably, given the resistance of the Trumpist regime to getting him back.
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.
I want them all armed to the teeth by the thousands, then halt, turn, aim, and fire.
...don't forget ~~starfleet~~ space force...
Why do people think the military isn’t on his side?? He is the commander in chief lol
Being elected "commander in chief" is not a magic spell that makes the military suddenly love someone. President is a more temporary and unstable position than high ranked military people.
Because they aren't robots.
There are a ton who are not. Hegseth fired the black General and woman leaders. Many service members are black or female and saw this. They see brown people getting rounded up, many in the military are Latino. And apart from that, people are 50% non-MAGA anyway.
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They're under oath to serve the republic, not some hateful, treasonous muppet.
I recently attended a lecture by retired Admiral James Stavridis, who among other things was the NATO supreme allied commander for 4 years. He explained how every soldier swears an oath to the US Constitution, and in many cases more than just once. Each time an officer is promoted they swear that oath again, so by the time you make something like admiral you’ve likely sworn that oath around ten times, and administered it countless times to others.
Even when Trump fired those members of the Joint Chiefs, those who replaced them will renew that oath if they receive promotions to fill that role. Stavridis also said that the JAG officers who were recently fired would be replaced through military promotions, triggering even more oaths.
While the military may indeed humor Trump with a parade, I’m not worried they would blindly obey an illegal order. If Trump ordered them to deploy across the US, to invade Greenland, etc. I think you would see the military leadership act in a way nobody in modern times has ever seen. I’m confident they would honor their oaths and not violate the law.
I mean isn’t the military flying the no due process death camp flights out sometimes at least? Is “to the death camp” a legal order? Seems like a slippery slope from there.
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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. 😂
He doesn’t look a day over 136.
Your tax dollars at work
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.
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