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Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: Army confirms military parade coinciding with Trump's birthday (abcnews.go.com)

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The U.S. Army is planning a historic parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 14 that will coincide with and be part of the Army's long-planned 250th celebration.

The parade will involve some 6,600 soldiers, tanks and infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps, according to several people familiar with the planning effort, and will also occur on Donald Trump's 79th birthday.

The timing and White House involvement in planning efforts have stoked speculation that Trump is using the Army's birthday as an excuse to get the kind of grand military parade he wanted during his first term in office. That event was scrapped after estimates topped $90 million.

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[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 15 points 21 hours ago

•Military parade to celebrate your greatness as your tariffs absolutely massacre the economy, officially cementing record for the lowest first 100 days in office in 80 years

•Answering "IDK" when asked if you will uphold the constitution

• Your vice president saying "I don't really care that much," when asked about low approval ratings

•Your speaker of the House trying to gaslight the country into believing this is all for our own good as Walmart warns shelves will soon be empty.

•We have yet to roll out a bird flu vaccine, but we are banning some dyes in food and fluoride in drinking water...

Just stating all that to get a sense of where the red line is now? Wondering when/if the Republicans in the House and Senate will be continuing to move it as more "healthy Americans," somehow die from making America so healthy/great or do they stop bothering. Are they hoping we all just die off from disease/fighting each other for the last remaining resources before the midterms?

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

How the fuck does he justify this shit, how the fuck do maga justify this shit. But these are the same voters that are against feeding hungry kids or free healthcare lol

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

trump saw putin and KIM got one, why not him

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Everyone seems to have forgotten the tractor parade in the first presidency, a spectacle usually reserved for the most impoverished Soviet satellite states.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Long live the regime

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

I can't wait to see who has the best parade this year!

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Krasnov will order the soldiers to goose step and wear jack boots. What a waste of taxpayer money. All the spectators will be forced to cry like a bunch of North Koreans.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

and roll out those ICBMs, nuke launchers.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Can't spell coward without Donald J Trump.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 day ago

No more libraries, scientific research grants, or hurricane tracking... military parades instead!

... You could easily make an entire 'you might be a redneck / here's your sign' style set out of insane things Trump and MAGA do that are just laughably over the top signs they are a moronic fascist cult, and you wouldn't even have to hyperbolize...

But of course, the audience for such a set would boo and hiss and probably threaten the life of anyone who did that Netflix special, demand they be cancelled...

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

United Banana States

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you know the countries that do military parades like that are usually weak presidents.

[–] EstonianGuy@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Usually military parades are a dictator thing not a president.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Dictators often adopt the trappings of a democratic system and go through the motions to run sham elections.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, maybe this will finally get U.S liberals to take the immense threat of blind nationalistic militarism in the U.S. seriously instead of just acquiescing to conservatives about everything on the topic... .. .....

....or it will just be a dress rehearsal for using the military to cement the Republican coup.

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Rehearsal? The coup is already complete my friend. Know what the worst part is? The US voted for it.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

They do know he thinks of them as suckers and losers, right?

[–] GeriatricGambino@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm assuming Kim Jong-Un will be the guest of honor to this not-the-birthday-boy military parade?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

putin will be, probably orban.

[–] Eruanna@midwest.social 28 points 1 day ago

Come to think about it, birthday military parades are a distinctly dictator cult of personality thing to have.

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Jesus fucking Christ. Disgusting. Fuck the republican traitor filth.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Pathetic. Let them eat cake while we burn money on useless shit. Fuck this administration.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago

How is this making America great again? Why not just put out some floats? Why do we need to roll out the real equipment and spend millions while people are losing healthcare, SS and 401k?

I rather divide the 90 million and give every school in America 900 bucks.

[–] Shootingstarrz17@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Don't see how this makes my eggs any cheaper...

[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dictators love their parades.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe he will participate. Be out in the open. Vulnerable.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

🙏

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

All of the sudden I'm realizing that in seeing Abraham tanks for over 25 years I've never seen a green one, only sand yellow.

Kinda makes you think about the only place the US likes to invade all the time

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Why repaint the equipment with Iran on the menu.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

abraham lincoln? i think you mean abrams tank.

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[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We learned after Vietnam that we needed to support the troops and not condemn them for our President's actions. We might have to re-evaluate this approach if they continue down this path. If the military does this and supports deporting American citizens, then we need to start booing them in public.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Need to"? No we don't. Some military people will insist we thank them for their service, but everyone in now is a volunteer that saw what the military has done and is used for and decided to sign up. It's a job, with benefits and pay, and we don't need to support them any more than we need to support any other job, especially as this job involves a willingness to kill someone just because someone else says so.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago (12 children)

The military preys on the poor and desperate. It brain washes those that don't know fully what they are getting involved with.

True U.S. history isn't taught until you hit college, which most enlistees have not done. However, being asked to attack your fellow citizens after being told to protect them is a choice.

[–] dryfter@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The military preys on the poor and desperate. It brain washes those that don't know fully what they are getting involved with.

Exactly this. In 96/97 I was supposed to have gone to college and fucked that whole thing up and had to look for a job. I was having a really hard time trying to find a job and thought about the military.

Out of the blue I got a phone call from one of the military recruitment centers (you're lucky I remember this at all, let alone what branch) telling me about military service since I had turned 18. I told them I was hearing impaired and wear hearing aids as well as legally blind in one eye. I was told I was not a good candidate and would be denied despite my willingness to take the offer since I couldn't find a job fresh out of high school.

This comment connected this memory of that call and the Iraq War in a way I hadn't thought of before -- I no doubt know now that if I had been accepted into the military I would have gone to Iraq in 2003. At this moment, I am grateful that I have an unusually heavy burden of medical issues when I normally don't find much to be positive about in life.

Thank you for this unintentional reminder.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 19 hours ago

You are a story that is repeated over and over.

My grandfather was given the option of jail or the Marines during Vietnam. I joined in 2010 after the economy shit the bed. It was the only thing left that paid a livable. They did some creative stuff to get me in. It is the military way.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

they target alot of middle-class neighborhoods, on the low side, almost everyone in my former hs are not eligible for universities, even if they are none of them can pay for it. its not a poor, and not so rich neighborhood. i said they are sneaky in that they place thier recruiting stations just enough that you wouldnt notice its there unless you know where to look. i said they can only get so much from rural areas, as alot of them might not even pass the asvab, so they targeted the more educated but "poorer" minorities.

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[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

I presume there’s Putin, Xi and Kim called as a guest?

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Estimated to cost $90,000,000......

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

there, you found some wasted inefficiency, go tell those cunts at DOGE

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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Weakest shit on the planet.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

this would be more apt

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