I don't really care how many people showed up for Trump's little parade party.

[MineralMan]

What's important is that the news media ignored his silly show, because there was a lot of other stuff going on, like assassinations of state legislators and a couple thousand protests all across the country. So, his military unreality show just didn't capture the attention he thinks it deserved.

Sucks to be you, Donnie...sucks to be you...

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Yesterday June 14 was the High Water Mark of hatred and a stinging reversal for hatred as well

We don't want to peak now. Rome wasn't built in a day. We want to peak at election times. June 14, 2025 will be long remembered in history books and in conscious memory. It seems like that will be because colliding events coalesced on the calendar, but it was a day when consequences began to be felt and seen.

[Traildogbob]

2. Sucks about as much

To be Melania, and that sucking sound and image of them both, makes me laugh and gives me goose bumps.
Today has a bit more joy for Father’s Day, and hope for our children.

[underpants]

3. His dumbass doesn't realize you need a parade ground to get the right effect

Red Square
Tiananmen Square
Wherever North Korea does theirs
The Champs-Élysées (where Trump got the idea) works too

Tree lined DC urban streets just don’t do it. No scale. My wife said it looked like the crowd for the Christmas parade here on Broad Street.

[Raven123]

8. You may not want to give him ideas

Gosh knows that he will do next

[underpants]

12. True. He's already tearing up and tackling up our house.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This still made me smile

[NCDem47]

5. I scanned my state's largest newspaper websites.

Nary a WORD about parade or his birthday. Nada above the fold. Most coverage of No Kings.

[MineralMan]

6. The Star Tribune here in the Twin Cities

put the parade story on the back page of the front section. Well done!

[betsuni]

7. Easy to imagine the anger storm in his tiny pea brain. Where was the Trump Show on TV?

The Birthday Parade special episode! Oh, he broods, you'll be sorry. You'll all be very sorry.

[GenThePerservering]

9. We're just not that into you, Donnie. nt

[Magoo48]

10. His crowd sucked, while millions came out against him. That's good enough for me.

[twodogsbarking]

11. Next parade he will have aircraft carriers. Just wait.

[DENVERPOPS]

13. Hey MM

I had to laugh at all the criticism of the marching soldiers not being in perfect unison when marching in front of the big pooh bah.......
There were many of the soldiers just walking normally, not truly marching......
And one observer intimated that it they hadn't practiced and prepared adequately for the event, but I laughed and thought maybe it was all those soldiers sending a message in a passive/agressive way.....LOL

[MineralMan]

14. Yeah, I don't know. They could have been marching in "route step."

But, I don't know. Even when I was in the USAF in the late 1960s, marching in formation was simply something we never did after Basic. Never. I don't know how it goes these days in any of the branches.

Frankly, I never saw any benefit to be gained by marching in formation. These days, most enlisted people work in specialized jobs. There's not so much military niceness that goes on. You do formation marching in Basis. Military bands often continue to march. Some special units have formation marching as part of their ceremonial duties.

Most everyone else, though, not so freaking much.

I have no idea what the orders of the day were for those parade participants. Don't much care, either, and I'm sure they don't care either. Pain in the ass.

Edit to add: I was the band's drum major for the last two years of high school. We all worked hard on marching techniques for halftime shows and parades, and even did some tricky moves. The band director hated marching band, so he left it all to me. He gave me a book. So, I taught the band all about formation marching. We even won some prizes.

However, when I joined the USAF, on the first day of Basic, the drill sergeant asked, 'Anyone here have any experience in marching? Thinking quickly, I kept my silence. NEVER VOLUNTEER!

[DENVERPOPS]

15. LOL

Never Volunteer and "Never get out of the boat".......LOL

Someone told me that they never marched when crossing a bridge as it could actually damage? the bridge????????/