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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSparse Attendance, Confusion and Disorganization: Dismal Scenes From Trump's Military Parade
Donald Trump threw a military parade in honor of the U.S. Armys 250th anniversary on Saturday, June 14 (a date that happens to be the presidents birthday) to the tune of $25 to $45 million. But unfortunately for Trump, photos and videos from the big day show sparse attendance and a lack of organization from top to bottom.
Link to tweet
50 Thirteen founder Doug Landry shared a series of tweets that documented many issues with the parade Saturday. Landry described the event as legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event Ive ever seen before sharing photos of a sparsely populated Washington Mall, the single checkpoint to which approximately 15,000 people were sent, maps that failed to offer clear direction, dozens of empty checkpoints, and empty VIP bleachers.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/post/3lrm4ji62jk2b
Those scenes were replicated by HuffPost deputy editor Phil Lewis, who shared his own photos on BlueSky.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vocg5apjrlm7dfptvy6qbrfy/post/3lrlyroeylc2q
YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen slammed the event on the same platform.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sparse-attendance-confusion-disorganization-dismal-203458152.html
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Sparse Attendance, Confusion and Disorganization: Dismal Scenes From Trump's Military Parade (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
12 hrs ago
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Klarkashton
(3,586 posts)1. What an embarrassment!
This has been compared to NK and Russia and there is no comparison. Those countries don't try to fob off a pathetic show of a bunch of guys in worn out camouflage that march like Boy Scouts.
The world was watching that stupid shit show.
lame54
(38,051 posts)2. Trump's Fire Festival
Passages
(2,905 posts)3. Best shot is of Trump above the toilets.
brush
(60,250 posts)4. A disgusting waste of time and money for TSF's birthday, masquerading as the Army's birthday.
The US Army does not do shit like that. TSF wanted it for self-gratification.