Summary

Trump is planning a $92 million military parade on June 14, 2025—his 79th birthday, Flag Day, and the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.

The four-mile event, from the Pentagon to the White House, revives a long-desired spectacle Trump previously canceled in 2018 over costs.

He has since overhauled military leadership, removing top Pentagon officials and replacing them with loyalists likely to support the parade.

D.C. officials, facing pressure from Trump’s federal overreach, have shown little resistance. Critics call it a vanity project amid broader concerns about authoritarian tendencies.

  • @[email protected]
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    1123 days ago

    I guess he’s lucky eggs aren’t affordable. Otherwise people might stock up on them for this occasion.

  • @[email protected]
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    2923 days ago

    Wow, America, you’ve really let an old failure of a person -and Russian asset- turn your country into a dictatorship without as much as a whimper.
    Who knew it would be so easy to do it that a failed reality TV star could do it?

    It’s hilarious, yet shockingly sad, to see this in real time.
    I mean, yeah, if it was an evil genius then I could see how it could happen, but to a conman like tRUMP? Christ.

    • @[email protected]
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      923 days ago

      It was kind of planned. They kept making people more and more stupid thinking it will make them easier to control. What they didn’t expect is that people will get so stupid they will stop listening to them and choose other idiot instead.

  • snuggledick
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    9424 days ago

    I’m 100% convinced DOGE will stop this as it is not very efficient use of tax money.

    • .Donuts
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      3124 days ago

      They’ll spin it as necessary and patriotic to lift the spirits of the American people, or some bullshit like that.

    • @[email protected]
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      122 days ago

      Just like the millions in taxpayer money that has to be spent keeping Agent Orange safe when he goes golfing… at his own resorts, funneling the money to himself.

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        23 days ago

        Sorry but DOGE only gets involved when the government uses tax payer money to feed starving children or help keep old people from ending up on the street.

    • @[email protected]
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      222 days ago

      i still think he’s just putting all of the military’s eggs in one basket so russia can kill them all with one bomb.

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        522 days ago

        I think this charade parade is both a play to his MAGA base and a sort of loyalty test to see who in the military goes along with him.

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      923 days ago

      The secret service has got to be losing their fucking minds over this. There is literally no way such an event would end well and it’s just not practical to secure such a thing.

      Wouldn’t it be hysterical if Trump’s ego was what ended all this?

  • @[email protected]
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    5624 days ago

    We could keep another thousand or so federal employees employed for the next year for that, but yeah let’s waste that money for a non-milestone birthday year for an asshole instead.

    • @[email protected]
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      323 days ago

      I’m working on having all my jobs convert me to 1099 (some have) and then I’m just going to see how long I can go without paying.

      Probably not as long as I’d like, but whatever.

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        323 days ago

        I’m kind of in the same boat. At this point I want to set the federal tax money aside in a high yield savings and then just not pay taxes. I mean, what’s the fine\penalty rate that they charge? If it’s nominal then you may actually make money in the long run by withholding taxes, then negotiating lower rates later

        • @[email protected]
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          223 days ago

          I’m not financial expert but when the stock market is crashing, the high yield savings decrease their value over time

          Also, in my country, if you withhold taxes you need to pay a fine, the interest rate and the full owed amount, unless you had a professional accountant expert in tax elusion.

          Those discounted rates are reserved for who stole millions, not for regular people

          • @[email protected]
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            323 days ago

            I owe taxes from the past and got on a payment plan. I will be paying it for the next 5ish years.

            Yes, there’s insignificant interest related to it (it’s sub 2%). But ultimately I am slow rolling what I owe and they’re getting devalued money later.

            Sometimes I just don’t pay and they don’t seem to notice for months and then they send me a notice about it, so I call and make up a story and they forgive the fees.

            Look, I am not opposed to taxes. I’m not opposed to the greater good. I donate plenty to local charities and causes. But this administration can fuck right off.

    • @[email protected]
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      524 days ago

      I literally just heard of this movie for the first time in my life last night and then I o see this

      • @[email protected]
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        923 days ago

        It’s brilliant. Skip the original straight movie and watch the movie based on the musical with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane.

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    2923 days ago

    So, 3 months in office and we’re already going to waste over $120m for this fucking cunt to play golf on the job and stroke his ego with a military parade? At least they could fire 2,400 people in an unimportant place like the CDC to offset the costs for things that truly make America great. /s

    • @[email protected]
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      1323 days ago

      30 people along the route of the parade cracking tear gas grenades at the same time would be lovey to see.

      This is clearly not worse than J6 and those people are heroes now.

      • @[email protected]
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        322 days ago

        Yes, but I don’t want to see what the SS will do to people deploying “weapons” near enough to the president.