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If There's Anyone That Deserves a Military Parade, It's Donald J. Trump

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Let’s clear the air: this parade should have happened during the first Trump presidency. I wanted tanks during the inauguration parade. Now, on June 14, we will finally get this event. The way it’s being framed is obnoxious, inaccurate, and in keeping with the dishonest fake news media. Trump doesn’t care. It’s now a gauge—whatever the press hates is a must-do. The media speaks for the Democratic Party and the elites—ignore them. And they should be with this tantrum they’re throwing over this parade.

You know the fascism, the Hitler, and the North Korea talking points are coming. It’s too bad they’re retreads from the 2024 election, where most voters did not care nor listen to the media about the dangers of re-electing Donald Trump. Nothing the media says is real so hit the mute button. Also, it’s not a parade for Trump per se, which is the crucial detail here: it’s the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. Most of the festivities were already planned. It’s not Trump’s fault the 250th anniversary of our great army also falls on his birthday (via Fox News):

President Donald Trump will host a military parade in June to honor military veterans and active-duty service members and commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, Fox News Digital has learned. 

The parade is scheduled for June 14, the 250th birthday of the United States Army and Trump’s birthday.

The parade will have reenactors, equipment and more from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War/Desert Storm and the Global War on Terror (Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria). It will also feature active-duty service members and students at U.S. military academies.

"The president is planning an historic celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday that will honor generations of selfless Americans who have risked everything for our freedom," White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley told Fox News Digital.  

"Exactly 250 years ago, the first American patriots died for the cause of Independence. We owe our freedom to them and to every solider who has given their life for our nation in the 2½ centuries since."  

The parade comes after Trump, in January, signed an executive order creating "Task Force 250," which is focused on coordinating the plans and activities celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence. The 250th anniversary of America's founding is July 4, 2026. 

Yeah, this totally sounds like something out of Nazi Germany.

The reactions from the usual clowns are what happens when you’re historically illiterate with a secondary infection of Trump Derangement Syndrome. You look stupid, sound stupid, and luckily, no one will care about your thought pieces that will proclaim for the 10,456th time that Trump is Hitler 2.0 or something.

Sit down, STFU, and enjoy the parade.