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erronis

(20,571 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 12:34 PM Jun 15

Trump's Single Finger Salute to America -- Wonkette

https://www.wonkette.com/p/trumps-single-finger-salute-to-america
Dominic Gwinn

Bread and Circuses.

Very good photo collection by Dominic Quinn, "Freelance photojournalist. 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Seen in AP, WaPo, WSJ, NPR, DW, Der Spiegel, Le Point, etc. No flash, hold fast. "


An M1 Abrams tank rolls down Constitution Ave. in Washington DC during a parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US Army, Saturday, June 14, 2025. Photo by Dominic Gwinn


“This is so goddamn stupid.”

It's what a lot of us kept saying under our breath.

Donald Trump's less than subtle commandeering of the Army's 250th anniversary celebration was an obnoxious, high security spectacle of absurd self-gratification. Instead of allowing citizens to get educated about the role the armed services played in the founding of the country, and its current function, the National Mall was covered in the same high fencing used to secure the Capitol after the January 6th insurrection so helicopters and APCs and various small arms could be staged for photo ops.

The whole thing culminated in a rather dreary parade with tanks, drones, flyovers, parajumpers. And it all just happened to fall on Trump’s birthday.

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Hopefully Hey Joe Jun 15 #1

Hey Joe

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1. Hopefully
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:07 PM
Jun 15

The orange grifter is stewing in his discontent today even as his sycophants attempt to fluff him.

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