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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:19 PM Sep 2017

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 France’s 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. “We’re actually looking into it.”

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-haley/trump-nikki-haley-to-share-u-s-spotlight-at-u-n-gathering-idUSKCN1BT007?rpc=401&

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Inspired by French, Trump considering July 4 military parade in Washington (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2017 OP
If trump did indeed ask his nanny Kelly about the possibility of a Parade, Kelly should have cut off riversedge Sep 2017 #1
Remember, Trump wanted military hardware for the a Inauguration underpants Sep 2017 #4
Yup, bastard tried it on day one, luckily they ignored him. SonofDonald Sep 2017 #36
Tomorrow. Follow up - WH staff "First we've heard of it" underpants Sep 2017 #2
Sarah H Sanders will answer clearly in a press conference, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #20
This kind of shit was bound to happen. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #3
If this happens, I hope the counter-demonstrations are twice as large. Paladin Sep 2017 #5
A drum and fife would be sufficient. Sneederbunk Sep 2017 #6
He is in a competition w/ NK's OldHippieChick Sep 2017 #7
I am 100% in favor of this. Promee Sep 2017 #8
Oh Donald give it up already with the military parades. Marie Marie Sep 2017 #9
hmmm freddyvh Sep 2017 #10
How very CCCP of him... Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #11
I'm hoping he's in jail next 4th of July.. Freedomofspeech Sep 2017 #12
He probably has a swastika tattooed on his dome already! n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2017 #13
Next thing you know, the god king will be demanding a pyramid be built in his honor.... Thomas Hurt Sep 2017 #14
Hitler heaven05 Sep 2017 #15
I am guessing trump will want to wear a military uniform rurallib Sep 2017 #17
oh hell yes, and I can just picture 45* riding on a missile along the parade route groundloop Sep 2017 #29
well he's not heaven05 Sep 2017 #34
He's already got his uniform picked out LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2017 #37
oh crap rurallib Sep 2017 #38
Putin can show him how NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #16
Tank treads sinking in the hot July asphalt. rickford66 Sep 2017 #18
Yeah Washington DC is impossibly hot then FakeNoose Sep 2017 #35
He'll insist he got the largest parade attendance in world history. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2017 #39
The US DOES NOT require a military parade ANYWHERE benld74 Sep 2017 #19
'Illuminations' kind of 'requested' by John Adams. elleng Sep 2017 #23
OH DROP DEAD, jerko! (NOT Judi Lynn.) elleng Sep 2017 #21
Hey sexual predator-------------------just maybe you should go back and read some history turbinetree Sep 2017 #22
Hopefully, he won't be president by then deerheadgal Sep 2017 #24
I'm sure he'll be appropriately dressed. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2017 #25
Alright! El Supremo Sep 2017 #26
The GOP supports a dictator. GOP appears to not like democracy. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #27
Real leaders don't need parades C_U_L8R Sep 2017 #28
hem AllaN01Bear Sep 2017 #30
Trump wanted tanks, etc for his inauguration left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #31
Today the Parade - Tomorrow the World! jpak Sep 2017 #32
Gee, just like MuseRider Sep 2017 #33
We just don't do that sort of thing in the U.S. demigoddess Sep 2017 #40
WHAT respect for the military? nitpicker Sep 2017 #41

riversedge

(69,721 posts)
1. If trump did indeed ask his nanny Kelly about the possibility of a Parade, Kelly should have cut off
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:22 PM
Sep 2017

Trump IMMEDIATELY!

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
36. Yup, bastard tried it on day one, luckily they ignored him.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 07:56 PM
Sep 2017

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.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
20. Sarah H Sanders will answer clearly in a press conference, ...
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:09 PM
Sep 2017

"I haven't discussed this with the president", and
"You'll have to ask the Defense Department"

Paladin

(28,202 posts)
5. If this happens, I hope the counter-demonstrations are twice as large.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:27 PM
Sep 2017

As if this country isn't resembling Nazi Germany enough, as it is.

 

Promee

(69 posts)
8. I am 100% in favor of this.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:33 PM
Sep 2017

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..

 

freddyvh

(276 posts)
10. hmmm
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:34 PM
Sep 2017

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

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
14. Next thing you know, the god king will be demanding a pyramid be built in his honor....
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:44 PM
Sep 2017

and as his final resting place........maybe we could bury him under the wall if he ever gets it built.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
15. Hitler
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:45 PM
Sep 2017

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?

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
29. oh hell yes, and I can just picture 45* riding on a missile along the parade route
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:19 PM
Sep 2017

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)
34. well he's not
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 07:07 PM
Sep 2017

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.......

FakeNoose

(32,347 posts)
35. Yeah Washington DC is impossibly hot then
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 07:09 PM
Sep 2017

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.

benld74

(9,888 posts)
19. The US DOES NOT require a military parade ANYWHERE
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:05 PM
Sep 2017

ON the 4th of July

Just to remind us to be patriotic

elleng

(130,133 posts)
23. 'Illuminations' kind of 'requested' by John Adams.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:31 PM
Sep 2017

'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)
21. OH DROP DEAD, jerko! (NOT Judi Lynn.)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:25 PM
Sep 2017

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)
22. Hey sexual predator-------------------just maybe you should go back and read some history
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:29 PM
Sep 2017

it was "NOT, I repeat, "NOT" the military that started the "revolution" ..........................in either countries..............

deerheadgal

(57 posts)
24. Hopefully, he won't be president by then
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:36 PM
Sep 2017

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.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
27. The GOP supports a dictator. GOP appears to not like democracy.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:04 PM
Sep 2017

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.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
31. Trump wanted tanks, etc for his inauguration
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:45 PM
Sep 2017

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)
32. Today the Parade - Tomorrow the World!
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:53 PM
Sep 2017

Fascist fucking pig.

Or Putin-humping Red Square envy swine.

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
40. We just don't do that sort of thing in the U.S.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 12:26 AM
Sep 2017

we are a democratic civilian government. Not a military dictatorship.

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
41. WHAT respect for the military?
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 05:47 AM
Sep 2017

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...))

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