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Trump tells Pentagon to explore staging military parade
The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to explore organizing a major military parade -- a desire he first expressed after the martial welcome he received on a visit to France last year.
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The marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France, a military official told The Post. This is being worked at the highest levels of the military.
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We have more important things to do than to focus on a damn parade, retired Army Lt. Gen. Mick Bednarek, who most recently headed up the U.S.-led effort against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, told POLITICO. It detracts from all we are doing.
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Trump has long been fascinated by the prospect of a military parade and has previously mused to administration officials about holding one in Washington, according to aides. But it wasnt clear until Tuesday how serious he was about the plan.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/02/06/trump-military-parade-395933
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)and TRULY patriotic.
Especially considering the ass clown that is asking for one.
FakeNoose
(32,726 posts)I think Cheeto would understand. Don't you?
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)understand perfectly.
atreides1
(16,091 posts)I fear that Mattis, Kelly, and Dunford have already taken the Fuhrer Oath...and have sworn their loyalty to Trump, and have discarded their oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States!
And let's not forget General McMaster, either!
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
There must have been a private dick waving party, when Trump visited. Macron showed him how small Trump was.
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syringis
(5,101 posts)What will be the next requirements ?
Asking people to curtsy ? To kiss his hand ?
LuckyCharms
(17,455 posts)syringis
(5,101 posts)How are you ?
You have noticed that I didn't mention to kiss his a**...
Looks like some are already doing it greatly
On the bright side (if there's any), if Trumpig is the price to pay for past, present and future sins, we can safely assume America is saved for the next 15 centuries... and the rest of the world too
LuckyCharms
(17,455 posts)If I recall, you are recently getting over being ill? I hope you are feeling better!
syringis
(5,101 posts)Paladin
(28,271 posts)Something black, maybe with a red armband.
I wish I were being sarcastic, but I'm not.
syringis
(5,101 posts)I'm sure he secretly dreams of such uniform...
When he is wearing clothes with US military emblems, I ressent it as an insult to these men and women who served their country.
Does he really think he will convince anyone ? He just looks like an orange monkey dressed in a stolen jacket !
Paladin
(28,271 posts)He ended up committing suicide. That ought to give you an idea of how me and my family feel about trump's fucking parade.
IronLionZion
(45,516 posts)all part of making America such a miserable place that less immigrants will want to come here
syringis
(5,101 posts)Phonetically, it is almost the same.
I'm sure many democrats won't let him suffer a lack of slaps...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I envision something like this happening, with Trump being the woman in the seat.
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Hope you are feeling better Syringis!
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)but I find this worrisome.
syringis
(5,101 posts)It is worrisome.
Cha
(297,562 posts)it up and they're all look like fascistrumps
Hope it BACKFIRES.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)in his future.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)What a perfect time to arrest him!
janterry
(4,429 posts)at least not in real time. I mean, it's just military marching. Do people really want to watch that for an hour??
Sigh.........it will get major press coverage, just as Trump wants
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)hope they cover that as well.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)... for wardrobe advice.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)dem4decades
(11,301 posts)alterfurz
(2,474 posts)Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)Ill Douchebag.
alterfurz
(2,474 posts)dem4decades
(11,301 posts)FakeNoose
(32,726 posts)This ones's my favorite!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,193 posts)instead of what they're doing now.
Hell, prop Rump up in a lead float, in his Idi Amin/David Clarke uniform, and let him wag his willy at Kim (which is all this is about anyway).
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)Vinca
(50,302 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,193 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)the internet!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)Orrex
(63,220 posts)Yes, everyone who isn't an idiot can recognize this as a cheap stunt by a petty and incompetent dictator, but his base. and for that matter nearly all of the ~70% of Republicans who still support him, will have a disgusting collective orgasm over this display of manly military might.
the media will question it tepidly, if at all, and we'll probably hear a lot about "A President really taking seriously his role as Commander in Chief."
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)and they don't make it a full coverage day.
JI7
(89,262 posts)If one really supported the soldiers wouldn't it be better to just give therm the money and let them spend how they want it ? Instead of wasting it on a boring ass parade So some coward can feel tough ?
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)according to my 2 brothers that were in the Army.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)walk/ride to the WH on inauguration* day. Empty viewing stands.
What if a military parade was ordered in a democracy and no one showed up? Take this opportunity to make cheetolini look foolish.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)this is actually another step to kiss Putins ass, destroying trust in the military?
marble falls
(57,172 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)Probably not at all.
marble falls
(57,172 posts)dem4decades
(11,301 posts)And the Military sitting near Trump should applaud the Supreme Leader as they pass.
Maybe a new flag for the event?
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)the soldiers required to participate will be less than thrilled.
JHB
(37,161 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Maybe Hugo Boss will step up, as their original 1930s designs were such a smash hit.
kydo
(2,679 posts)And I don't recall too many tanks and military killing machines. It was mostly troops. Returning from space got you a ticker tape parade, still no tanks.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)And a dangerous step in the wrong direction.
JI7
(89,262 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)woodsprite
(11,923 posts)A bunch of those little green Army men. Heck, I think they may even make little blue ones for the Navy as well.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)woodsprite
(11,923 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)He'll placate the imbecile with words than go about his business as he has in the past.
He understands Trump has a limited attention span .
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)Looks like a done deal, but I hope you are right.
Raven123
(4,862 posts)However, rather than protesting Trump, be thoughtful and honor those in various communities who are sacrificing or have sacrificed so that we still have the right to freely assemble.
Contrast the real heroes with the self-delusional.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)and great message!
JHB
(37,161 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)Best_man23
(4,907 posts)If Cheetolini still insists, then the major networks need to step up and say they are not going to interrupt normal programming to cover this "parade". I know CSPAN and Faux Noise will still cover this thing.
Unless the UK, France, and other WW I allied countries indicate they are going to have similar parades to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of the war, there is no reason (other than to stroke tRump's ego) to have this event.
If the tRump organization is willing to foot the bill for this event....perhaps they should.
VOX
(22,976 posts)And thats just a minuscule fraction of what a full-on, missiles-in-Red-Square type of hoedown that the idiot Trump is having a wet dream over.
Heres some other small-money diddling about patriotic salutes:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thinkprogress.org/nfl-dod-national-anthem-6f682cebc7cd/amp/
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In 2015, Arizona Sens. Jeff Flake (R) and John McCain (R) revealed in a joint oversight report that nearly $5.4 million in taxpayer dollars had been paid out to 14 NFL teams between 2011 and 2014 to honor service members and put on elaborate, patriotic salutes to the military. Overall, they reported, these displays of paid patriotism [were] included within the $6.8 million that the Department of Defense (DOD) [had] spent on sports marketing contracts since fiscal year 2012.
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katmondoo
(6,457 posts)And a hero to stand in front of the tanks like the brave Chinese man from Tienanmen Square to prevent the tanks from moving. Millions on the side with signs of protest disrupting everything.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)They tried to give protestors at his tiny inauguration decades in prison.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Maybe Der Fuhrer Drumph will have a blood flag ceremony as well.
A fucking WALL and a fucking FASCIST dick-waving exhibition (military parade with rolling hardware).
America has been dragged down to a lowly place its never been before. And if theres no resistance, it will die.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)It's sickening.
Blindingly apparent
(180 posts)Trumps military parade sharing the screen with North Koreas military parades and those of Stalin and Hitler. Do the dictators of the Philippines and Turkey throw military parades? Then throw im clips of theirs too
Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)He can march right out to our troops in the field. Forcing our military to come to DC in a vainglorious parade to stroke a wannabe dictator's ego is even stupider than the stupid wall. It's sickening.
Sam McGee
(347 posts)Trump saw a military parade in France and he wants one of his own.
He saw Kim-Jung-On firing nuke weapons and he wants to fire nuke weapons.
He saw some old WW II documentaries of Hitler reviewing the troops and he wants to review the troops.
Howard Stern showed him a video of a "golden showers" performance and Trump . . . .
It's all beginning to make sense.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)
..with thousands of women, like the March on Washington after the inauguration.
Essential to have that push-back and that visual.
Orange Free State
(611 posts)I would think the money would be well spent.
AllyCat
(16,216 posts)mommymarine2003
(261 posts)There were many times he had to march in parades. They had to do this usually when they were off-duty. It was not fun. Many times it was very hot. Mainly, it was just having to give up their own precious time to "please our need" to express our patriotism, I guess. He was already doing enough,especially after serving two deployments to Iraq. When George W. Bush came to Camp Pendleton, they were all forced to sit behind him and "show their support". We do like to use our military for propaganda, that is for sure.
Toorich
(391 posts)have thousands of trash, refuse and dump trucks that we never get to see
in the biggest and beautiful parades.
Maybe the motor pools of all the Services can get them washed and waxed
and show Washington what is needed there.
DBoon
(22,395 posts)Borrow this idea from the Brits
George II
(67,782 posts)world wide wally
(21,754 posts)Takket
(21,620 posts)Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)and only dreamers
keithbvadu2
(36,887 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,146 posts)It's sickening.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)I ventured over to enemy territory to see their reaction.
Half or more love it and many fantasizing about the troops purge the swamp, attesting President Obama and Secretary Clinton. One even wanting heads in pikes. There are truly some very sick and twisted people there.
That said, a large minority are horrified at the idea saying it is what despots do. Early on some were calling it fake news but even when confirmed they did not fall in line and criticized the idea.
If a good many of the real coolaid drinkers on that site find the idea horrendous then a huge majority of Americans will do so.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)so we don't have to!
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Without having to click all through the site. I do not like hate and do not want to add significantly to their traffic.
But it is interesting to see what they are saying.
FYI, they are being seriously trolled by people who are subtle enough to fool them, which is not difficult.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)3 days after the mid terms
This will become an election year issue