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LetMyPeopleVote

(162,388 posts)
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:40 PM 16 hrs ago

Draft Dodgers do not deserve a military parade









The only parade the taxpayers should be paying for with Trump is his final one.

$92 Million dollars is unacceptable to spend on a draft dodger’s birthday present/military parade.

You can’t push for wasteful spending cuts AND allow a draft dodger to have his ego boost.


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Draft Dodgers do not deserve a military parade (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago OP
Vietnam War Draft Dodgers in Canada - Your Morning Celerity 16 hrs ago #1
I thought it was the 250th Birthday celebration of the US Army? Long planned... WarGamer 16 hrs ago #2
Right on time. Kingofalldems 16 hrs ago #4
just keepin' it real... ya know. WarGamer 14 hrs ago #16
Are we having similar parades for the Navy on October 13th, and the Marines on November 10th? rsdsharp 15 hrs ago #5
Long planned by Commander Bonespurs, Sparky Mysterian 12 hrs ago #19
I'm proud of the US Army and I hope people are excited to help them celebrate the 250th... WarGamer 12 hrs ago #20
Trump should not be allowed to even attend a military parade! He has grift money from the military twice, Jit423 4 hrs ago #21
JFC, scott, you lying sob. "86", as almost anybody can tell you, means niyad 16 hrs ago #3
Yep--remember when they went around with Psalm 109:8 on bumperstickers during Obama's years? mtngirl47 15 hrs ago #11
Need a huge BONE SPUR float bluestarone 15 hrs ago #6
Captain Bone Spurs, the low-IQ, thin-skinned hissy-fit wimp, cosplaying as the fascist strongman again. Doodley 15 hrs ago #7
Boy, if that ain't the truth. MLWR 15 hrs ago #8
The only reason I will go to FL RainCaster 15 hrs ago #9
Look up October 6, 1981. . . DinahMoeHum 15 hrs ago #10
ESPECIALLY DRAFT DODGERS WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNEMNT Skittles 15 hrs ago #12
He deserves no parades ever. He deserves being dumped.... paleotn 14 hrs ago #13
I was thinking of something a bit more appropriate jmowreader 13 hrs ago #18
Who will stop him? question everything 14 hrs ago #14
An acient parade soldierant 14 hrs ago #15
Maybe, Maybe not but Tickle 14 hrs ago #17
This is insulting to us veterans. Twisted shit. Emile 4 hrs ago #22
He wants to rub his cowardice in our faces BoRaGard 2 hrs ago #23

WarGamer

(17,004 posts)
2. I thought it was the 250th Birthday celebration of the US Army? Long planned...
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:45 PM
16 hrs ago

Why say it's in honor of Trump? Weird.

rsdsharp

(10,722 posts)
5. Are we having similar parades for the Navy on October 13th, and the Marines on November 10th?
Fri May 2, 2025, 07:26 PM
15 hrs ago

I’m sure some type of commemoration had been planned for all three, but this 92 million dollar extravaganza is something Trump has been lusting after for years, and gloriosky we’re doing it on his birthday, er, the Army’s 250th birthday

Mysterian

(5,549 posts)
19. Long planned by Commander Bonespurs, Sparky
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:23 PM
12 hrs ago

Stop the lies and obfuscation. It's pathetic.

"The Washington Post first reported Tuesday that Trump expressed his desire for a military parade at a Jan. 18 meeting with top generals. The president, a senior administration official told NBC News, has “given the directive to begin the planning, so the planning has begun.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-s-desired-military-parade-analysts-blast-plan-north-korea-n845626

WarGamer

(17,004 posts)
20. I'm proud of the US Army and I hope people are excited to help them celebrate the 250th...
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:44 PM
12 hrs ago

One can do that without celebrating a damn thing about Trump.

At least most normal folks can...

If Harris had won... I'd still be hoping for a big blow-out celebration.

So Harris or Trump doesn't affect my feelings... that's called intellectual honesty.

Jit423

(1,283 posts)
21. Trump should not be allowed to even attend a military parade! He has grift money from the military twice,
Sat May 3, 2025, 06:34 AM
4 hrs ago

called them suckers and losers, said that he only liked soldiers who didn't get caught, and talked about military generals serving him and when he was out of office. He only favors military soldiers who like and support him in his cruelty against ordinary citizens and he pardons former military who have comitted crimes in and out of uniform. It doesn't matter when or where or for whom or what, he should be barred from military parades for life!!!!

niyad

(123,507 posts)
3. JFC, scott, you lying sob. "86", as almost anybody can tell you, means
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:47 PM
16 hrs ago

to iinvite a patron to leave and not come back. It does not mean "kill". And by the way, you lying piece of shit, there were MANY calls from you fucking assholes to kill Obama and Biden and Harris, so STFU.

mtngirl47

(1,157 posts)
11. Yep--remember when they went around with Psalm 109:8 on bumperstickers during Obama's years?
Fri May 2, 2025, 08:09 PM
15 hrs ago

Doodley

(10,827 posts)
7. Captain Bone Spurs, the low-IQ, thin-skinned hissy-fit wimp, cosplaying as the fascist strongman again.
Fri May 2, 2025, 07:50 PM
15 hrs ago

jmowreader

(52,209 posts)
18. I was thinking of something a bit more appropriate
Fri May 2, 2025, 09:27 PM
13 hrs ago

Once he's dead, weight down his tiny little feet and dump him in a sewage lagoon. Preferably one in a blue state.

soldierant

(8,444 posts)
15. An acient parade
Fri May 2, 2025, 08:44 PM
14 hrs ago

which featured captives in cages so the spectators could laugh, point, and throw things at them might be barely acceptable.

Tickle

(4,061 posts)
17. Maybe, Maybe not but
Fri May 2, 2025, 09:05 PM
14 hrs ago

He's going to have one hell of a parade. Trump doesn't care, he's been planning this shit for the last 4 years. He's not running again, he's going to do whatever he wants. If that's not bad enough, he's going after people like Latisha, Fanny, Bragg, I'm sure there's more.
This is dangerous

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