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Mr.Bee

(838 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:25 PM 10 hrs ago

The Reason trump's Birthday Parade Was a Failure

Is that trump tried to force something we do not do in this country!
He wanted a North Korea style parade with thousands of people waving flags
and singing 'USA is Great' Lee Greenwood didn't even look enthusiastic!
Because we've had a long tradition of NOT parading our tanks and weapons.
and trump, DarnOld trump, I hope you've learned a lesson here:
You can fake it but you can't force it!
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The Reason trump's Birthday Parade Was a Failure (Original Post) Mr.Bee 10 hrs ago OP
I don't think any US president will ever demand a parade again? Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #1
It was a revealing demonstration that all the treasure Klarkashton 9 hrs ago #2
DarnOld malaise 9 hrs ago #3
I coined that in 2016 Mr.Bee 9 hrs ago #5
Now Americans Get To Pay Mr.Bee 9 hrs ago #4
Yeah. Commented on this yesterday... Wounded Bear 9 hrs ago #6
"not tanks/weapons" - and no idolatry of Dear Leader! UTUSN 8 hrs ago #7

Klarkashton

(3,586 posts)
2. It was a revealing demonstration that all the treasure
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:41 PM
9 hrs ago

That is wasted on the military amounts to some rag tag guys in old uniforms marching out of step and some old oily broken down rolling garbage heaps.

A shabby shitty pathetic display.

Mr.Bee

(838 posts)
5. I coined that in 2016
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:54 PM
9 hrs ago

still waiting for it to catch on...
I also think he's going to change the meaning of the word 'trump'
to mean 'fuck-up'. as in: 'Yeah, you trumped that all right!'

Wounded Bear

(62,194 posts)
6. Yeah. Commented on this yesterday...
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:57 PM
9 hrs ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220401753

Talking about how we don't have the infrastructure and architecture to pull this off like the authoritarians do. We don't have a place like Red Square in Moscow or Tianamen in Beijing or the Champs Elysees in France with its Arc d'Triumph in the frame. We don't have that shit largely because like you say, we don't do that.
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