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.
I think the location of that parade reviewing stand will make a great place to hang him upside down for public review.
i did my part
wp:It’s My Party (from the album wp:I’ll Cry If I Want To).
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!
Bone spurs in chief
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.
Don’t forget draft dodger
Cadet Bone Spurs.
STIs were his Vietnam
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.
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).
46 million dollars could have saved so many jobs…
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.
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.
it’s possible the poor weather kept them at home
It’s also possible that’s not the reason
It didn’t stop the protestors. Millions came out.
11,000,000 versus what, 2500? Do we have any official numbers for the parade
traitorsgoers“Ah, yes, the official numbers are…”
<checks notes>
“Yes, ‘the bigliest numbers. More than ever. Yuge. So much.’… As you can see, we had a record turnout”
more so for many Trump supporters.
Confused boomers, whatcha gonna do.
“Uh, Captain or Sergeant or whatever you are? Where’s the bus to the In-dinn casinos?”
Jesus H Christ, Someone teach Trump how to salute…
I’d have thought Musk would’ve given him some pointers.
I think it is funny he salutes like he’s lost a war.
Presuming he can learn is pretty bold of you
It’s like this, right?
I will never get over those NK officers’ hats. They’re like codpieces for the head.
Obama or Biden would have been impeached and removed for this.
I love how they all look at him like the dumbass he is.
Such an embarrassing piece of douche-garbage.
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
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“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!
Don’t forget about how these fictional characters saying “sir” were big strong manly men with tears in their eyes.
“May I see it?”
“… No.”
You’re an odd fellow Donald, but you steam a good ham
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.
Someone should have recruited lots of obese men in army uniforms for the parade.
ICE recruited them first.
I hope someone took a photo. $46million is a lot of our tax payer money to go to waste like that.
