Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade: 'Peanuts compared to the value'
Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade: 'Peanuts compared to the value'
In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump also outlined a White House renovation he hopes to carry out — which he said he will pay for himself.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump also outlined a White House renovation he hopes to carry out — which he said he will pay for himself.
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military parades have no value
For the strongest military in the world, it's degrading. This is pure government waste. Only a malignant narcissist could find value in this.
I've found Air Shows and AFB Open Houses to be WAY better at showcasing military assets and personnel to the public and driving recruitment. Military parades are pretty cringe.
Except to piss off your troops. I HATED being in parades to celebrate some general or another retiring. Then there's the potential for heat injuries and troops just passing out from standing so long.
Sounds about right. You really want to honor the troops then how about taking that money and cutting every active and reservist soldier a check?
Or not gutting the VA.
Trump proceeds to take “that money and cutting every active and reservist soldier”
Even small parades for pass and review used to result in at least a few soldiers falling out in formation. I can only imagine how long these 7000 people are going to be outside, in the heat, wasting time, before the parade even starts. Based on my own experience, these things are never well organized and with Trump's butt-monkeys in charge, I expect worse results than usual. Some soldiers will probably die for this parade. Happy Birthday to Dear Leader, I guess.
People forget the standard advice: Don't lock up your legs, bend your knees just enough to have a little movement without it being noticeable at a distance. Gotta find the sweet spot of hydrated without overshooting into the "have to pee every 10 minutes" range too.
Seriously... I can only imagine they'll have to hurry up and wait extremely early and be out there for hours. If it were me, I'd be PISSED
Remember to be 30 minutes early for the commander an additional 30 minutes early for the first-sergeant and another 30 minutes early for the platoon sergeant. Commander wants you there at 08:00 and by the time it passes through the chain, you have to show up at 06:00 and stand around for 2 hours so that when the commander shows up late at like 08:30 he or she can tell you to wait around in the sun for two more hours before the practice starts. By 10:00, six people have passed out and no one knows who was supposed to bring the water and the practice hasn't even started yet. I love military parades. /s
What I'm hearing is that nothing would piss off these military personnel more than if a whole lot of citizens decided to show up and slow this parade to a standatill.
The military personnel aren't the problem. Most of them are poor and working class. They aren't there because they want to oppress Americans, that's the police. Military members usually join because they are poor and want healthcare and education benefits for themselves and their families. They are disproportionately people of color. I am Caucasian but the unit I went to Afghanistan with was over 50% Black and we had one guy whose family was from India. Things are getting bad under Trump but the military has also long been a refuge for gay people from religious conservative rural communities. Their families disown them and refuse to support them so they join up. There are lots of lesbians in the Air Force and gay men in all branches. I hope that most would refuse orders to attack or oppress Americans but I can't say for sure. A lot of them are also dumb MAGA redneck idiots.
For the people.
It has immense propaganda value. Look at North Korea and Russia. They regularly parade their military to look powerful.
For them, they literally carry a big stick in the hopes that no one will challenge them.
Trump is doing it so that he can show the world how powerful he is. Not by military might but by forcing the government to do the parade.
This value alone is worth 10 times the cost for Trump. Remember that it's about his ego. And also remember that Trump isn't paying a damn cent. We are. He's thumbing his nose at us.
That value is worth 100 times the cost.