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    Trump gets his first-term wish of a military parade

    June 14, 2025Updated:June 14, 2025 example-1 No Comments
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    President Donald Trump celebrated his second term with the grandiose military parade and celebration on Saturday in Washington, which he had in mind. &nbsp,

    More than 6, 000 men, about 150 cars, and 50 aircraft were on display at Washington, D.C. on Saturday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army‘s founding.

    Men paraded down the parade route in clothing worn by several decades of military dating up to the Army’s founding in 1775. Parachutes jumped out of bandwidth aircraft during the rally.

    On Saturday, June 14, 2025, at a military festival to honor the Army’s 250th anniversary and coincide with his 79th day, a color-coded smoke trailed by members of the Army Golden Knights balloon team in Washington. ( AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson )

    The initial military rally in Washington, D.C., since 1991, saw a crowd of 2,000 people gather in the nation’s capital. A little distance down Constitution Ave. was the festival course itself.

    On Saturday, June 14, 2025, a military parade crosses the Potomac River from Virginia into Washington to honor the Army’s 250th celebration, which coincides with President Donald Trump’s 79th day. Arlington House, Robert E. Lee’s residence, is in the back of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. ( AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough )

    As thousands of protesters took to the streets against the senator and military celebration, the parade grounds were rife with people dressed in nationalist and MAGA-themed garb in the days leading up to the event. A few specific activists were present at the Army event itself, despite Trump’s warning earlier this week that “any protesters want to come out, they will be met with really big power.”

    On Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Washington, people descend for a military festival to honor the Army’s 250th anniversary, which also happens on his 79th holiday. ( AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson )

    Although Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has defended the price tag by citing the potential recruitment benefit of the event, the event’s estimated cost is estimated to range between$ 25 million and$ 40 million.

    ” We think that so many Americans are excited about this and did tune in,” Driscoll said during a Senate hearing last month. And it will essentially pack up our hiring pool for the foreseeable future. We believe the expenditure is unquestionably worthwhile.

    Yet his second administration is older than the president’s wish for a military parade.

    Trump stated in a 2017 interview with the Washington Post that” we’re going to show the people how we’ve got our martial.” That war may be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue. That army may become flying over Washington, D.C. and New York City for rallies. We’re going to get showing our defense, I mean.

    After witnessing France’s Bastille Day event in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017, the wish was amplified. &nbsp,

    Trump stated to reporters shortly after the festival that it was “one of the best parades I’ve always seen”. It was two days on the box, and it was military might, which is a great factor for France and the spirit of France as a whole.

    He continued,” We’re going to have to try to best it.”

    According to a book by a former Mattis secretary and retired Navy pilot, Guy Snodgrass, Trump’s first defence minister, Gen. Jim Mattis, it had “harken back to Soviet Union-like features of autocratic power.”

    It didn’t end up occurring before his first name was over. &nbsp,

    Pete Hegseth, Trump’s current secretary of defense, is more in tune with the president than the first-term secretary.

    Before Trump won his second word, the Army began organizing the party for its 250th day. A much more luxurious event was possible due to Trump’s long-held wish for a military parade and his birth anniversary.

    The Saturday rally comes at a tense time in both the US and worldwide.

    Israel and Iran are conducting exceptional full-scale military engagements with one another, which started with Israel’s defense launching an attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

    A U.S. official told the Washington Examiner that American troops are assisting Israel in intercepting Iranian-fired weapons in the area.

    Israel’s first speech came just days before Iranian and American officials were scheduled to meet for the most recent round of discussions regarding Tehran’s nuclear program. The Omani international government, which has been hosting the discussions, has declared that those discussions have been called off.

    Without the approval of the governor, the leader took the unusual move of deploying about 700 active-duty Marines and about 4, 000 National Guard troops next year. Support from Governor Newsom (D-CA ) to halt riots in Los Angeles. The government’s widespread deportation efforts helped to fuel the protests.

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    Hegseth defended the implementation during a private looks on Capitol Hill next year.

    He said,” It’s about upholding law and order on behalf of law enforcement agents who deserve to do their jobs without being attacked by gangs of people.”

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