Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests
Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests
Crowd size of the $46 million Washington parade was smaller than expected and unfolded against a backdrop of protests and political violence
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.
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.
What a sad, low energy, failing perade
I pray that this was his last birthday he celebrates above ground.
Monkey's Paw: His next birthday is spent underground because WW3 kicked off and he is in a nuclear bunker.
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.
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.
That fat fuck will live into his mid-80s at least. We pay for an insane level of health care.
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 ...,).
Bone spurs in chief
Don't forget draft dodger
Cadet Bone Spurs.
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 like the "No Kings!" messaging, simple and pointed. We need a slogan that is short and sweet for the soldiers to use. Something that shows them they have agency in this.
Maybe a secret service man will stab this mf in the back, then whisper..."Tunnel Snakes Rule"
Sic semper tyrannis.
Imagine being such a hated coward that you're literally surrounded by the military, and still have to hide behind bullet proof glass
This brings me joy.
Nothing is better than getting under his skin.
I mean I wish he'd have put some bleach under his skin way back when so we'd not be dealing with this specific scenario, rn:/
You know the ketchup is flying.
Organisers for Saturday’s parade said they were expecting “hundreds of thousands” to attend
Ah, bless 'em.
Opens up Southern euphemism to standard English translation book
Yes I agree.
I'm glad it went so poorly.
The 'weather' kept people away. You mean the cold front of fascism that has been pouring in???
Fake news. Ugly lies. It was the biggest and most beautiful parade ever. Everyone is saying it. No one has ever had a parade like this. They tell me Sir you parade had the most people at it in the history of parades. I have ordered the FBI and DHS to investigate and eliminate anyone that disagrees. It was a big beautiful parade.
"May I see it?"
"... No."
You're an odd fellow Donald, but you steam a good ham
Don't forget about how these fictional characters saying "sir" were big strong manly men with tears in their eyes.
"Billions and billions of people in total awe of my amazing parade, one like no one has EVER seen before because I only do the best and nobody understands the military like I do. Some say I'm be the best commander-in-chief in the HISTORY of the world! The ratings were through the roof, not like sleepy Joe's "no kings" parade who stole the 2020 election with all those billions and billions of cheating ballots and their russia russia russia conspiracy while nobody is doing anything about the immigrants eating all your cats and dogs. You know a lot of people say that my parade was the best parade out of the billions and billions of parades ever ...." - the Donvict probably.
Too many punctuation marks, and too coherent to be authentic Diaper dribble, but I applaud your dedication!
Jesus H Christ, Someone teach Trump how to salute…
It's like this, right?
I love how they all look at him like the dumbass he is.
Such an embarrassing piece of douche-garbage.
Obama or Biden would have been impeached and removed for this.
I will never get over those NK officers' hats. They're like codpieces for the head.
I think it is funny he salutes like he's lost a war.
He can't be told anything. And that's before considering his capacity to learn.
Didn't they give Obama shit because he saluted even though he didn't go to the military?
They'd give him shit either way.
Salute - He's not military!
No salute - He's not respecting the troops!
Presidents didn't salute until Reagan. Like many of the stupid things presidents do, Reagan started the bullshit, trump amplified it to 11.
And then bitched when he didn't
I'd have thought Musk would've given him some pointers.
For a man from hollywood he sure is bad at producing. Reagan was better at literally everything, where are our leaders!? Reagan was still a terrible leader…
He’s from Atlantic City by way of NY. His former handlers were from Hollywood, but they’ve all left by now.
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.
I think the location of that parade reviewing stand will make a great place to hang him upside down for public review.
Someone should have recruited lots of obese men in army uniforms for the parade.
ICE recruited them first.
i did my part
Poor widdle guy got his ego bruised. Let’s make him some chicken soup.
Or maybe he'd prefer some chicken... tacos? Who doesn't love a good taco?
Chicken Tacos.
Don't give a shit about his feelings. His actions have killed countless people, he needs to hang
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.
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.
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.
46 million dollars could have saved so many jobs....
"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.
wp:It's My Party (from the album wp:I'll Cry If I Want To).
Yeah I'm sure it was the weather. It feels like fascism's about to rain. Anyone's got an umbrella?