Despite concerns about the weather, the Army 250th anniversary parade will be held
President Donald Trump’s controversial military parade kicked off 30 minutes early to avoid the bad weather.
President Donald Trump’s military parade was only eight blocks.
And then I heard about the world.
That’s true, despite the June 14th parade itself turned out to be a damp, relatively modest event. Thousands of spectators lined up the drizzle of Odon On along a series of constitutional convention, celebrating the slow procession of military, tanks, drones, robot dogs and real dogs celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US military.
Finally, they took part in the production of “Happy Birthday” for the president, who happened to be 79.
“All other countries celebrate their victory,” Trump defended his decision to hold the parade as the subject of controversy, saying at the start of his brief speech. “That was when America did it too.”
However, the parade may prove less consequential than the “No Kings” march. In his second term’s biggest and widest protest, millions of Americans from around 2,000 communities gathered to oppose unprecedented claims of presidential rights that critics say were violating the constitution.
Photos of protesters from across the country filling the square and marching across the bridge reminded me of scenes from historical debates over the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and more.
After an aggressive start from the 47th President, who shook the federal government and the country’s global alliance, Saturday may have informed the beginning of a new chapter in his tenure.
In other words, it’s a new chapter in pushbacks in a sense of danger.
It burned in parliament and was organised back home.
The pushback to Trump was slow to begin as Congressional Democrats continue to struggle to devise the strongest messages and most effective tactics to use against Republican presidents. There were no repeated immediate and massive demonstrations in Washington that marked his first inauguration in 2017.
In contrast, the “No Kings” rally was intentionally local, revealing policy prescriptions beyond support and opposition to the guardrail of democracy, and opposed Trump’s hard-pressed approach to illegally deporting immigrants within the country.
A sense of danger was highlighted by a flood of violent and surprising news throughout the day.
In Minnesota, a manhunt was underway for suspects in the assassination of the state’s legislative leader and her husband. Another state legislator and his wife were injured in another attack. A hit list of Democratic officials and abortion rights supporters and a bundle of paper labelled “King” were found in the back seat of a suspected gun car.
Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz, the Democratic 2024 vice presidential candidate, called the persistence of political violence a “cliff” for the nation.
Meanwhile, Iran launched ballistic missiles in Israel, and Israel responded with a new wave of attacks on Iran in a spiral conflict that risked pulling the United States into regional wars.
There’s a lot going on, and so quickly, Saturday’s news overshadowed Thursday’s political fire.
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The day appeared to be plagued by the threat of displaying force and its use.
In Washington, dozens of Abrams tanks rolled along tree-lined paths, and 50 military helicopters flew overhead, making it the biggest public display of non-war US military hardware. The official route is booked by the respected views of the capital, starting at the Lincoln Memorial and ending past the White House, with leaders visible ahead.
“Many times, the enemy of America has learned that you are threatening the American people and that soldiers are coming for you,” Trump said in an eight-minute speech at Twilight between the parade and fireworks. “Your defeat is certain, your end mise will be final, your downfall will be complete and your downfall will be complete.”
Reactions from parade critics – primarily because they appear to be more suited to dictatorship than democracy – have been sharper recently with the deployment of the US Marines and the deployment of the Army National Guard into Los Angeles following immigration protests. He acted on the objections of the city’s mayor and governor.
The protests in Philadelphia were estimated by police at almost 100,000 people. In Chicago, protesters marched past Trump Tower. In Atlanta, one sign showed that the Statue of Liberty was crying, while another showed familiar demand from Trump campaign rally: “Keep him in!” In Los Angeles, some marchers had oversized constitutions, while others inflated 20-foot balloons depicting Trump as a baby in diaper.
In Nanwett, New York, more than 1,000 protesters line up at the central intersection known as the “Four Corner” at Hamlet, located at the lower part of the Hudson Valley. “I think people have given up,” said Ciara Sweeney from the nearby Pearl River. “That’s not true.”
The protest was mostly peaceful, and many had an atmosphere of celebration.
However, police in Los Angeles and Atlanta dispersed chemical stimulants to control the crowd. In Culpepper, Virginia, police arrested a man who said he had accelerated the SUV to a crowd of protesters who attacked at least one person.
“Trump saves America”
There was also a festive atmosphere at the National Mall before and during the parade. However, after the end of the first Gulf War victory, in 1991, the almost Protoulamp crowd atmosphere was less lively than the last military parade in the capital.
Many of the crowds rebelled when Trump spoke, but some had already left the security fences and barriers surrounding the area.
The president spoke for less than usual for eight minutes, and he stuck to a script that praised the history of the Army. Unlike his appearance at Fort Bragg a few days ago, when he ridiculed former President Joe Biden by name, Trump did not challenge his favourite political ratio.
Some of the president’s supporters felt that when the Revolutionary War began, it was a coincidence that Trump’s birthday had fallen to the day of the Army’s establishment in 1775. They cited his support for the Muscular Army.
Even the protests had memories of the revolution, where the slogan of the “king” has its roots. In Philadelphia, protesters in colonial dresses carried signs citing John Adams.
In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress voted to create an army after the battle between Lexington and the British Crown of Concord. As Ralph Wald Emerson famously wrote in commemoration of the poem, “The peasants who fought here stood / and after firing the shot, they heard around the world.”
Contributors: Gary Stern, Nancy Cutler