Trump's birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Times (UK)

President Trump’s plans to hold a military parade in Washington on his 79th birthday this Saturday are in doubt as officials consider cancelling the event due to a thunderstorm warning.

Steve Warren, chief spokesman of the US army, which is celebrating its 250th anniversary, told The Times: “Rain won’t stop us, the tanks don’t melt, but if there’s lightning then that puts the crowd at risk … they will disperse the crowd and even cancel or postpone the parade. It will depend on the president, too, when he’s available.”

The army has planned a day of festivities in Washington to celebrate the anniversary, culminating in a parade at 6.30pm featuring 6,600 soldiers, dozens of tanks and an astronaut tuning in from space.

A slow-moving front is forecast to move into the city from the north. Thunderstorms are most likely in the later afternoon and into the evening, when the parade would begin.

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Read more: https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z

[DBoon]

1. Zeus is angry

[Bayard]

4. Even Thor hates him!

I'm thinking he'll just leave those troops in DC though.

[tanyev]

36. By Jove!

[homegirl]

73. WOW! IT WORKED...

I posted this a few days ago. Didn't think it would come from the North! ...

homegirl
a day ago

RE: WASHINGTON, D.C. 6/14/2025: The Coven has cast the spell! Remnants of mid West tornado arrive in D.C. at the beginning of the spectacle---RAIN, THUNDER, WIND AND LIGHTNING! An enormous bolt of charged electricity strikes Donald J. Trump-He Is Instantly Incinerated! A small heap of ashes, blown away by the very last gust of wind from the tornado! And a small final downpour washes the ashes into the street.

WOW! I don't drink and I don't do drugs BUT I do have a vivid, retaliatory imagination going full time!

[AllaN01Bear]

119. plays a few opening riffs of the opening fanfare of the flying dutchman

[ArizonaLib]

125. From the north!

No a weather person but I hope it csme from Greenland before collecting momentum in Canada.

[AntiFascist]

94. Mother Nature has only gotten started! n/t

[Mme. Defarge]

127. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!

[JMCKUSICK]

2. Dreams.....

[magicarpet]

101. Hold the parade/Birthday Party indoors at the White people's White House

Have the Sherman tanks crash through the walls of the West Wing while the DICKtator is seated at the Resolution desk in the Oval Office.

Then have the tanks, marching bands, and army guys marching in formation all through the West Wing and then crash through the opposite wall, while singing Happy Birthday at the top of their lungs.

Any damages to the White House - just add it to the trDUMP personal reimbursement accounts as Birthday Party expenses.

[magicarpet]

103. Is he dead yet ?

[Irish_Dem]

3. They are afraid a lightening bolt from Heaven will strike.

[FSogol]

5. Change "they" to "we" and "afraid" to "praying."

[Moostache]

28. I think some of them saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark"...

The fear of divine retribution via lightning is clearly on someone's mind.

?t=127

[jls4561]

117. I think Pam Bondi's face already looks like she has been in that scene.

[Dulcinea]

78. So it might quite literally rain on his parade!

I hope the weather is beautiful in Chicago for the Popefest!

[forgotmylogin]

121. Taco Brice

Don't...tell me not to kick out all hispanics
I...raise the tarriffs and then Wall Street panics!
Don't...say the weather's bad for my Army parade!

[republianmushroom]

6. The clutch of this memo is

" It will depend on the president, too, when he’s available.” Wet muskrats don't look good on TV.

[BonnieJW]

7. He doesn't do rain because hair

[Irish_Dem]

85. He is going to need some heavy duty hair spray.

[slightlv]

122. Ship in tons of bottles of Final Net!

[Irish_Dem]

123. I think he uses an entire bottle every day.

[3catwoman3]

140. And still manages to look like shit.

That hairstyle has always looked ridiculous,and it hasn't aged well.

[Irish_Dem]

141. And a whole bottle of spray tan.

He looks like a clown.

[hamsterjill]

8. Oh, brother.

He's not worried about any danger to the crowd. He's worried about crowd size and the fact that Leo is going to have a BIGGER crowd.

[aggiesal]

108. Found on CraigsList DC

Seat fillers needed for DC parade.
Compensation: Flat Fee of $1,000, paid in cryptocurrency - Provided by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC

Seat Fillers Needed - June 14th - Constitution Avenue - DC
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html

[BigmanPigman]

115. Wow, I just read who they want...ethnic and people of color...

"T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m.
Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area.
Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda.
We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast and local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform."

Ne wants people who LOOK like immigrants to stand near him so the TV cameras can show the world how open minded he is when it comes to supporting diverse ethnicities. Suuuuuuuuure, everyone all ready knows he does this BS all the time.

[hlthe2b]

9. I suspect a lot of voodoo dolls are full of pins by now...

Seems it might be STARTING to work, voodoo (vodou) sèvitè--at least for his parade...

[riversedge]

80. Winner!!

[mercuryblues]

82. LOL

I just found mine, yesterday. I have been hunting all over the house for it.

[StarryNite]

88. Here's mine...

I think it needs a few more pins.

[rubbersole]

92. Ouch. Is that his weenie?

[StarryNite]

95. Nooo, the cheese puff is much too big for that.

[GopherGal]

136. Maybe a miniature set of jumper cables???

Or a Lightning rod?

Do they make cajun blackened Cheetos?

[StarryNite]

137. Or maybe I could just stomp on it.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Aw, such a shame. Maybe they could move it inside... Mar-a-Lago?

[Yellowdog-1966]

76. I'd love to see tanks roll onto Mar-a-Lago!

Flattening everything in its path.

[get the red out]

113. Hurricane Season is here

Ya never know....

[jls4561]

11. How much will it cost to transport all the personnel and hardware back to where they originated?

So Hair Furor will cancel his ego boosting extravaganza if he doesn’t like the weather?

Much as I would like to see the whole thing flop, I can see the spin of “How disappointing for the country “
instead of “this was a huge expensive fiasco to begin with and it cost even more to cancel “.

Plus, if Fatass45 is denied his better-than-Kim-Jong-Un display of puffery, he will want to do it again!

[0rganism]

68. I think it's likely they stay in the DC area for a while

The parade might be off, but there are other uses a dictator might have for a military garrison operating in the Capitol.

[Harker]

93. There's a lot of federal property, and federal agents that are bound to be in need of a little protection.

[slightlv]

124. This is going to cost us millions of dollars...whether it happens or not!

I think we should inundate the IRS, trump, and everyone else with boxes full of "not with my tax dollars!" notes.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. howdi

according to the national weather service 3 day surface charts ,,, the weather looks nasty for the next 3 days including for dc.
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?day=3

[intrepidity]

20. Then he'll fire the NWS

I hope a lightning bolt finds its mark.

r/fuckyouinparticular (not you, poster, obviously)

[William Seger]

74. Just give RUMP a weather map and a sharpie, problem solved

[catbyte]

13. ...

[Moostache]

30. Yes please... I'll be happy with that outcome! (n/t)

[SheltieLover]

40. Perfect! Then the world would celebrate!

[IzzaNuDay]

14. Bring on the rain! Snow too!

Karma coming back to bite Dementia Donald in the ass!

[mac56]

15. Old Man Yells At Cloud

[Dave Bowman]

109. Lol, didn't see that coming. 😀

[Midnight Writer]

16. First, he will disband the National Weather Service. Next, he will nuke the rainclouds.

Nobody rains on Trump's Parade!

[Prairie Gates]

17. Clickbait from the Times

[KatyaR]

18. "...when he's available?"

Why wouldn't he be available?THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED!!!

[Baitball Blogger]

19. TACO weather

[KPN]

21. Wouldn't that be sweet.

[Canada Kid]

22. NO_O_O_O_!!! Don't cancel!!

This may be a great opportunity! Give the Orange Idiot a long metal rod...tell him it's a magic wand and to point it straight up in the air! He should be holding Vance's hand while he does this!

[catchnrelease]

89. I thought the same

Tell him it would be good for his 'brand' to wave around a nine iron during the parade. The guy looked at the sun during an eclipse, he'll go for it.

[colorado_ufo]

91. "Mr. President, give the crowd a thrill - show them your golf swing!!!"

With your longest driver!

[Dulcinea]

107. Like this?

[FakeNoose]

138. As he holds an umbrella with a metal shaft

[BigDemVoter]

23. P*$$Y-Grabber won't want to get his orange mane wet. . .

[Moostache]

31. Nit - its a straw yellow mane... the orange is the face paint, but they BOTH run in the rain (some say) (n/t)

[SheltieLover]

38. I wonder what that yak fuzz rug looks like wet & windblown?

[not fooled]

64. Well, at least in cloudy weather

his bald dome wouldn't be shiny and hence more visible under the wet straggly combover. Go for it, red don! Defy the weather!

[lark]

39. Moses Mike and Eloon need to be included in the handholding, for our own safety!

What a wonderful sight that would be - if only in my imagination.

[mzmolly]

24. The lord is speaking.

[robbob]

54. Isn't it funny how the RE fundies will claim it's Gods will

Any time a natural disaster strikes a blue area, but don’t consider something like this a sign?

[mzmolly]

57. Right?!

[moose65]

25. Damn Democrats!

Here they go again, controlling the weather by conjuring up thunderstorms to interrupt Savior Trump's parade.

How sad. Bigly!

[odins folly]

72. Im sure the harpy

From Georgia will be spewing that shit any time now

[kimbutgar]

26. I will be praying hard the next two days for the wrath of God to strike him down on 6/14 and ruin

His orange Hitler ridiculous parade. A nice thunderbolt of lighting and rain hitting him and the other cretins in his administrations sitting in the grandstand near him. I hope Miller and Vance are sitting real close to him.


I can wish and dream can’t I?

[Moostache]

32. I am an atheist, but I send negative vibes and wishes for his imminent demise DAILY...just in case.

I figure that I WILL take up Pascal's Wager on this one...

[Ocelot II]

27. Canceled or postponed?

Even if it's just postponed, it wouldn't be on Himself's birthday. Aww.

:sad trombone:

[Deep State Witch]

29. I Don't Mind Protesting In the Rain

I do mind getting struck by lightning.

[Deminpenn]

33. Mother Nature bringing the karma

The Army spokesman is correct that the danger is lightening. Lightening and metal viewing stands wouldn't mix well.

I've been at prep football games where if there is lightening in the vicinity, everyone is pulled off the field and out of the stands for at least 30 minutes. Same thing if this happens at a pro game.

[bigworld]

35. I cannot see TFG cancelling

In fact, the rain could work in his favor by being an easy way to explain away any low-numbering crowds.

[lark]

42. Nope, he will not appear in t he rain - never has and never will becuse his ego is too fragile.

He knows his candy cane bouffant would disappear and the hideous white head shown, which his ego wouldn't tolerate. If there's actually rainy, there's no krasnov.

[travelingthrulife]

47. In this instance it sounds like a plan..MAGA and metal stands...hmmmm.

[rzemanfl]

51. Lightning.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

[SheltieLover]

37. Well then...

Hoping Mother Nature pisses all over his parade.

[Exp]

41. DJT IS A SNOWFLAKE! nt

[twodogsbarking]

43. Here we go again with his idea to build a dome over the US, except for California, and Taylor Swift.

[ToxMarz]

44. I think they should definietly not cancel

Lightning could never hurt dear leader. He should stand out there with a long metal pole to prove it.

[CapnSteve]

45. We all know the Convicted Felon's biggest weakness:

Wind. Even worse, wind with rain.

TACO

[travelingthrulife]

46. Trump would never show up in a thunderstorm. It might blow the guinea pig off

his head.

[ChazInAz]

63. It's a Guinea pig?

And all this time I thought it was a leucistic skunk!
Thanks for setting me sttaight.

[Blue Full Moon]

48. Maybe God will smite him.

[sakabatou]

49. *sad trombone noises*

[magicarpet]

105. Here ya go.....

?si=7yNE4Pfhs3I5OVj0

[Torchlight]

50. Can't he just move the storm with a sharpie?

Or an executive order fining storms if they come too close, or just call them names (admit it, his leadership style is perfectly fit for the feckless and buffoon alike).

[OMGWTF]

52. Wow! Cool! I remember when the flags in DC were at half-staff for President Carter's funeral

and Stinky wanted them raised for his inauguration despite that it was still the official mourning period, but they were all frozen in place.

[Gary 50]

53. I've got an idea.

Let's postpone the parade until Trump dies. Then, on that joyous occasion, we can have the biggest celebration in the country's history with the whole world celebrating with us. We can call it "Liberation Day."

[babylonsister]

55. Or perhaps lack of a crowd has him rethinking this. I don't care. nt

[ms liberty]

56. It's the east coast, where summer late afternoon t-storms are the norm, not the exception

So he scheduled it for 6-630 PM, which is great if your only thought is to make the evening news, but really, on a Saturday? No one watches the news on Saturday. The fluff puppets will all talk about it Sunday, and they prolly won't be kind. Even if it does get rained out

[LetMyPeopleVote]

58. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[MuseRider]

59. Does this mean we will have to

bring it all back in a few months and do it all again? Of course he will want that but #1 I hope by then everyone is on to him and there will be no Biggest Birthday Party for the Bestest Boy in the world and we will be waiting to watch him deal with some scary times ahead for him.

I wonder if he can even conceive how over him we all are. Anything short of never having to know anything bout him ever again or even life in a easy boy prison would be a crime but I would take almost anything if he was just shut up and never allowed out of anywhere. NOT Mar a Lardo, even that dump is too good for him.

[stillcool]

61. Where will he move all that materiel to?

a city near me?
oops....replied to you by mistake...mea culpa

[Tree Lady]

135. I bet he'll want to ruin 4th of july

in DC if they cancel.

[Javaman]

60. He's afraid of rain

Because it might melt him,”oh cruel world! Cruel cruel world!”

[Demobrat]

62. Why can't he just get out his magic sharpie

and send the storm out to sea?

[generalbetrayus]

65. 50 years of being an atheist and I find out there IS a God!

[ananda]

66. How jaded am I to think that Trump doesn't care...

if lightning strikes the crowd.

He might not want it to mess up his hair's nest
though.

[Blue Owl]

67. SAD!

[Hieronymus Phact]

69. if you know any fundies...

Last edited Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:20 PM - Edit history (1)

Tell them this is Gods opinion of trump.

[Codifer]

70. The parade is not

the focus here.

The reality is that he has an ARMY with TANKS in Washington D.C.

The parade was just an excuse.

If I were an evil despot I would purge congress with these.

I hope that I am wrong. I hope it is just that all this crap has driven me fucking CRAZY.

[ArizonaLib]

128. Yes - fascist dictator porn

That is the goal.

[D00ver66]

71. Just celebrate

They should just do it anyway. Trump has been brought to us by god, certainly he will protect the orange jesus ? Citizens are expendable as are military to trump so why not? Maybe, just maybe god will actually show us what he thinks of this messiah. That would maybe open some eyes up.

[JHB]

75. It's a Soviet parade. Call it for what it's based on.

After all, the marching orders come straight from the Kremlin.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

77. Trump WHouse is a cesspool of racist assholes

“dangerous criminals” , or so Dictator Trump constantly spews to the nation…..

These are the ‘dangerous criminals’
that Trump is deporting….

- Yard maintenance workers,
- Seamstresses,
- Street Fruit vendors,
- College students, with Visas
- High school teenager volleyball team member,
- A sick 4-year old girl with cancer deported even though she is a U.S. citizen, her mom was not.
- Day workers, construction, standing at Home Depot hoping to work that day
- Farm workers picking crops in the fields
- A Mom of 3 US children, who has lived and worked in US for 35 years

Trump is nothing but a vile racist son of a bitch asshole
with his white-supremacy White House advisor Stephen Miller, an avowed radical racist.

[sprinkleeninow]

79. *a sbuffo* deflated. In Behavior and Physical Appearance.

Perhaps Vainglorious Object being smote in addition.

[mercuryblues]

81. Who has their finger on the Jewish Space Lasers?

Come on, fess up.

[rubbersole]

97. Soros.

He controls everything. Since forever. Everything bad that happens anywhere. Hannity sez so...

[IronLionZion]

83. Higher powers are sending a message

After meeting JD Vance, the last pope had to go straight to God to deal with this tremendous evil. Now God is raining on Trump's parade. It's Biblical. God sent a plague during his last presidency.

[LudwigPastorius]

84. Trump will order the army to attack the approaching front.

...maybe nuke it for good measure.

Just like mad Caligula ordering the sea be held back.

[Botany]

86. I.O.W.s nobody is coming. And that is with them paying people to do so.

[surfered]

87. Aaawwww that's too bad. Still they incurred all those unnecessary mobilization costs

Is it a sign from God?

[live love laugh]

90. TACO 🌮

[Wiz Imp]

96. Trump couldn't care less if people were put in danger by lightning strikes

I'm sure Trump is insisting that the parade happen no matter the weather. But there must be a few people in the White House who are trying to convince him to change his mind - that a parade in the middle of a massive thunderstorm would not be a good look for him. We'll see if they succeed. My money is on the parade happening regardless of the weather.

[MadameButterfly]

98. This is normal weather for Virginia

in the summer. Late in the day thunder storms arrive more often than not. How could they have planned an event this expensive on the gamble it wouldn't happen?

Besides all the other reasons it shouldn' thave happened.

[LuvLoogie]

99. It's too cold. It's too wet. Wah!

What a little baby.

[mcar]

100. Oh please, oh please

[flashman13]

102. Looks like TACO is looking for an exit strategy.

[rubbersole]

104. He should just move it into the Capitol rotunda like his "inauguration".

That way he wouldn't have to pay all the Craigslist hired attendees. A win-win!

[C_U_L8R]

106. Bone spurs acting up ?

Chi chi chicken Taco never fails to quit.

[Karasu]

110. Maybe they shouldn't be defunding the NWS and fucking FEMA, then...because there's going to be a lot more extreme and

frequent weather phenomena where that came from.

[Sneederbunk]

111. Reminiscent of TSF not wanting to get his hair wet at

a French military cemetery.

[RobinA]

112. This Is Joe Biden's Doing

Didn't they accuse him of causing Hurricane Helene? Well, he's at it again. Glad he's on our side.

[bdamomma]

114. oh that's

great, lightning is predicted??? is the lightning going to spoil his golf day at Mar La Loco???? if his NK parade is called off.

[Hekate]

116. Awww, is the precious snowflake afraid of getting wet?

[Martin68]

118. That would be nice. Or, even worse for Trump, don't cancel and suffer deaths and injuries to lighting strikes.

[Brainfodder]

120. Seriously?

Saving how much $ for FOOD AND SHELTER and that is just for all the troops he is going to use to quell protests but forget to give food and shelter?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

126. The National Weather Service is now predicting an 85% chance of rain and thunderstorms during Trump's Vanity Parade

Link to tweet

[bromeando]

129. Parade

God raining on felon's parade?

[twodogsbarking]

130. Why doesn't he change the weather with his Sharpie? Answer that FOX Newts.

[Oopsie Daisy]

131. A well placed lightning strike would send a message, wouldn't it?

I think it should go ahead. Tempt fate... find out.

[Clouds Passing]

132. Praying to the Rain Gods 🙏🏼⛈️

[electric_blue68]

133. Hand him a USA Flag on a long METAL Pole to wave around.

🌩 BOOM! 🌩

[Midnight Writer]

134. Is it possible for lightening to hit the ground and then jump up a catheter line?

Just wondering.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

139. Rain chances is up to 90%

[onenote]

142. Not according to the NWS

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.890370000000075&lon=-77.03195999999997

Saturday forecast:
Areas of drizzle before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

[3catwoman3]

143. Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please - let it be so.

I have fantasized about him being struck by lightning while at one of his golf courses, but being struck by lightning while at his disgusting self-serving parade would be even better.

[Marthe48]

144. felon under a cloud

a real cloud

Too bad he pulled the military into his zone of disrespect.

[AllyCat]

145. His makeup would run and his toupee would get all stringy

[wryter2000]

146. Please, God

Please, please

[rickford66]

147. The astronaut from space ?

That would be the Russian I figure.