Inspired by French, Trump considering July 4 military parade in Washington
Source: Reuters
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 / 2:52 PM / UPDATED 26 MINUTES AGO
Reuters Staff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday he was considering staging a U.S. military parade in Washington on the July 4 Independence Day holiday, inspired by the parade he saw on Bastille Day in Paris.
Meeting French President Emmanuel Macron on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly, Trump said he had asked his White House chief of staff, retired Marine Corps General John Kelly, to look into the possibility of holding such a display of U.S. military might.
Trump said he marveled at the French parade that he saw with Macron on Frances July 14 national holiday.
To a large extent because of what I witnessed, we may do something like that on July 4 in Washington down Pennsylvania Avenue, he told reporters. Were actually looking into it.
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riversedge
(69,721 posts)Trump IMMEDIATELY!
underpants
(182,274 posts)The Pentagon said no.
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)He wants to be thought of as pro military while the deplorables shout "USA, USA"! In the background, he wants his name connected to patriotism and the flag.
Too bad we all know he's a draft dodger.
I would hope they ignore him again.
I would hope he's no longer the president on July 4 2018.
underpants
(182,274 posts)You watch.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)"I haven't discussed this with the president", and
"You'll have to ask the Defense Department"
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Paladin
(28,202 posts)As if this country isn't resembling Nazi Germany enough, as it is.
Sneederbunk
(14,207 posts)OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)fearless leader!!!! OMG! I am now losing it in my toilet
Promee
(69 posts)Rows of Abrams tanks at 60 tons a pop rolling over a swamp?
It would end up being the perfect metaphor for the Trump (Russian-installed) presidency..
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)He really really wants to be like Little Kimmie.
freddyvh
(276 posts)don't the Russians do the same thing on June 12th each year? The day they celebrate their independence?
just another thing Putin has given Trump
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,218 posts)With his head shaved.
Judi Lynn
(160,217 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)and as his final resting place........maybe we could bury him under the wall if he ever gets it built.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)had them all the time to build the martial mentality for coming events....that's where this sucker got his inspi ration...who does he think he's fooling?
rurallib
(62,344 posts)like all the other leaders?
groundloop
(11,488 posts)What a stupid fucking idea.... the military nixed this idea for his coronation parade because the streets wouldn't carry the weight of the equipment, what makes 45* think it'll be any different come July?
heaven05
(18,124 posts)a vet, so I hope he doesn't further disgrace america and the uniform he was too cowardly to wear...no better than all those goddamn chicken hawks from 2000-8.......
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,538 posts)He can buy Russian uniforms on Ebay.
rurallib
(62,344 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)rickford66
(5,498 posts)Ok.Infrastructure jobs.
FakeNoose
(32,347 posts)People will be dropping like flies, even if they don't march in the parade.
On second thought, nobody is in DC on the 4th of July, are they? They'll be already gone on vacation by then.
Trump will throw a parade and nobody will even be there.
Judi Lynn
(160,217 posts)benld74
(9,888 posts)ON the 4th of July
Just to remind us to be patriotic
elleng
(130,133 posts)'A day after the Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776 yes, July 2 Adams wrote a letter from Philadelphia to his wife back home in Boston commemorating the day.
His letter to Abigail Adam, dated July 3, 1776, read in part:
But the Day is past. The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.
I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.'>>>
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2015/07/02/why-fireworks-on-the-fourth-of-july-john-adams-thats-why
elleng
(130,133 posts)He clearly has no idea the nature of the already existing celebration We the People experience on The Mall July 4, HUGE crowds celebrating with music, and picnics all day until the best fireworks in the world!
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)it was "NOT, I repeat, "NOT" the military that started the "revolution" ..........................in either countries..............
deerheadgal
(57 posts)Am hoping come January we'll see his Trump plane taking off, loaded with him, his family and his entourage, and headed to Siberia for a life in exile.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)They invited our enemy to steal our election and now trump is saying to our faces he will use his army as a means to control us and the world.
Yet we sit.
C_U_L8R
(44,892 posts)What a poseur.
AllaN01Bear
(17,372 posts)star trek enterprise .
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I read that some time ago.
He wanted tanks, missile carriers, armoured troop carriers, etc
but was told they were too heavy for the D.C. streets.
jpak
(41,741 posts)Fascist fucking pig.
Or Putin-humping Red Square envy swine.
MuseRider
(34,058 posts)Rocket man. Hmmmmmm.
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)we are a democratic civilian government. Not a military dictatorship.
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)It's bad enough that they hauled troops in for the inaugural.
And he wants to keep troops from spending the holiday with their families?
For shame.
((not to mention the extra potholes in DC streets...))