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IcyPeas

(25,804 posts) Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:30 AM Sep 2025

Over 20 leaders joined Xi and Putin: here are some of them: (video)

From Vladimir Putin to Kim Jong Un, over 20 leaders joined President Xi Jinping in Beijing for a show of military might.

Here are some of the biggest names in the crowd: bloom.bg/41CGqiZ
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) 2025-09-03T08:47:56Z

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Over 20 leaders joined Xi and Putin: here are some of them: (video) (Original Post) IcyPeas Sep 2025 OP

You have to watch the video or go to a paywalled site Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #1

Article LeftInTX Sep 2025 #7

Trump has shifted world power to favor of Russia and China. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #2

When KRASNOV (and his mini) is out it gets better. UTUSN Sep 2025 #8

Gotta admit they know how to do a military display. Trump's birthday parade was an embarrassment for doc03 Sep 2025 #3

The U.S. Army does its "show of force" on the battlefield, not the parade ground Mysterian Sep 2025 #9

the who's who... myohmy2 Sep 2025 #4

Rogues Gallery OC375 Sep 2025 #5

Looks like poot wants to put the band back together EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #6

Prairie Gates

(8,479 posts)

1. You have to watch the video or go to a paywalled site

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:36 AM

Sep 2025

LeftInTX

(34,852 posts)

7. Article

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:57 AM

Sep 2025

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/2/chinas-victory-day-military-parade-whos-attending-and-why-it-matters

Irish_Dem

(82,369 posts)

2. Trump has shifted world power to favor of Russia and China.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:01 AM

Sep 2025

American is on its way down.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

8. When KRASNOV (and his mini) is out it gets better.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:21 PM

Sep 2025

doc03

(39,184 posts)

3. Gotta admit they know how to do a military display. Trump's birthday parade was an embarrassment for

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:17 AM

Sep 2025

the US Army.

Mysterian

(6,629 posts)

9. The U.S. Army does its "show of force" on the battlefield, not the parade ground

Reply to doc03 (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:29 PM

Sep 2025

Only tinpot dictators need massive military parades to show off. The U.S. Army was not embarrassed at all in Commander Bonespur's little parade.

myohmy2

(3,723 posts)

4. the who's who...

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:39 AM

Sep 2025

...of trump's friends...

...I guess our old friends were boring...

...

OC375

(1,107 posts)

5. Rogues Gallery

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:41 AM

Sep 2025

Lovely group.

EYESORE 9001

(29,889 posts)

6. Looks like poot wants to put the band back together

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:49 AM

Sep 2025

The former USSR, that is. He’s likely facing upheaval in former member states closer to Moscow IMO. Especially Georgia.

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