A $46 million parade, the first in Washington DC in more than 30 years, unfolded against a backdrop of protests and political violence
Washington DC was locked down and the capital’s airspace closed to flights as 6,500 troops marched down Constitution Avenue and helicopters flew overhead, fulfilling a long-standing ambition of Trump to stage a military parade — the first held in the American capital in more than 30 years.
Organisers for Saturday’s parade said they were expecting “hundreds of thousands” to attend but images of empty seats in stands along the parade route suggested turnout may not have been as high as hoped. It is possible the poor weather kept many at home.
The celebrations came just hours after a Democratic politician and her husband were shot dead in their Minnesota home by a man believed to be impersonating a police officer. Threats against other politicians in Texas were made on a day of widespread unrest and protests against the Trump administration, timed to coincide with Saturday’s $46 million event.
Here in San Diego alone, we had more than 20,000 for No Kings. Pussolini’s bigly parade allegedly drew 10,000, and most of them left early looking for a Chick-fil-A.
80000 big papa!
Not tossing a couple grenades into his pope box was a failing that our military may never live down.
Zero risk. Would have become a hero.
They had tanks there. I think that would have been more performative.
Wooof,… kableeeewy,… SPLAT
Grand applause
Kinda like what they did to Sadat in 1981.
Trump is literally the dog in the burning house meme. This is fine.
No, trump is the fire. And everyone who normalises and excuses him are the dog.
I hope someone took a photo. $46million is a lot of our tax payer money to go to waste like that.
God, wouldn’t that have been the perfect moment to turn all those tanks to point at the goldfish and minions in their glass bowl and quickly put an end to this mess? (yes I know it would start a new mess but still).
It’s just an open air catalog for Bibi to pick from. “Donald, I want that thing, two of the 6 wheel things, gimme a couple of the pointy cylinders with fins, and keep it coming!”
Meanwhile, Zelensky is furious at getting a busy signal when he calls Donald.
We can no longer agree on reality so MAGA maggots are probably saying this was the biggest best most successful parade ever and worth every penny…… So what if No Kings had a lot of people - Trunps gonna continue Trumping tomorrow and Americans aren’t stopping him.
Terrible energy here.
Not the approach.
“About time we celebrated???” Wtf
Do the military want a parade for themselves? I bet they sure as fuck don’t. This was all about you and your ego, fat-stain. Get bent.
Yeah I’m sure it was the weather. It feels like fascism’s about to rain. Anyone’s got an umbrella?
46 million dollars could have saved so many jobs…
wp:It’s My Party (from the album wp:I’ll Cry If I Want To).
It is possible the poor weather kept many at home.
Right. Because I’m going to buy a ticket to DC, rent a hotel room, tell my friends I’m going… and then not go because it’s raining.
Meanwhile, millions of people showed up to protests in DC and other places with equally rainy forecasts. But sure, news, blame the weather instead of the fascism.
To be fair, that article was overall pretty plainly stating that the protests were overwhelmingly more well attended. Yes they had one line that raised the possibility of weather as a factor, but I think anyone but Trump could see the facts as presented in the story telling the real story.
Also went out of their way to characterize the protests as peaceful and the only politicians under violent threat were Democrats, despite the magnitude of protests.
You incorrectly assume that Trump’s sycophants are any better at reading comprehension than he is.
What a sad, low energy, failing perade
Bone spurs in chief
Don’t forget draft dodger
Cadet Bone Spurs.
STIs were his Vietnam
Yeah, how the fuck is the guy who dodged the draft for “bone spurs” trying to pretend he’s all about our military?
The hand-selected troops he had in the backdrop of his speech the other day hooting and hollering was insane. Like, do they not realize he is using them as props, and that he’d send them into danger for no other reason than his fragile pride? They are nothing to him. This guy is literal, real-life Farquaad.
I pray that this was his last birthday he celebrates above ground.
I want him to live long enough to be in the 2028 GOP primaries (and the 2032, and 2036, and so on and so on …,).
Monkey’s Paw: His next birthday is spent underground because WW3 kicked off and he is in a nuclear bunker.
How about we just tell him it’s happened, hasten him to a bunker, and then let him take to some guy via radio that lets him think he’s one of the few survivors.
Hell, that’d be a good use for AI. Let it listen to his rambling and simulate a human response so nobody else needs to bother
“McDonald’s has lost the war against Taco Bell. The Big Mac is no more…”
😩
If Trump becomes a mole person we are all doomed.
It’s already hard to tell his ass from his face, we might be there already
Hopefully he meets a peaceful end with an appropriate tie around his neck that shows how much people appreciate his life’s works.
That fat fuck will live into his mid-80s at least. We pay for an insane level of health care.
Or when his overly long tie gets sucked into the toilet on Air Force One while it’s struggling to evacuate a series of Mc Donalds shit pebbles. Preferably caught on tape and posted to TikTok.
