Video Of Tank Squeaking Through Sparse Crowd At Trump's Military Parade Sparks Hilarious Memes

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

40 million dollar parade and they couldn’t buy some WD-40 for squeaky old tank?

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People are cracking up after a video of a tank squeaking through a sparse crowd down Constitution Avenue on Saturday during President Donald Trump's military parade sparked commentary and memes about the controversial event.

Trump had long wanted a military showcase in the U.S.; during his first term, he expressed a desire for a military parade after witnessing a Bastille Day parade in Paris. However, the event he gave—a celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary that also coincided with his 79th birthday—was poorly organized.

And few images of the day exemplify this hot mess more than the sight of a squeaky tank rolling down the street during the festivities... not exactly the image of military might one would have anticipated.

This is next-level cringe.

— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T17:45:36.948Z

The second-hand embarrassment was real—and the commentary was hilarious.

I've seen more people in the doctor's office

Shouldn’t there be lonely horns playing in accompaniment?


“Shall we oil the wheels?”

“Nobody’s gonna know”

“They’re gonna know”

😎

Squeaking like a Nazi army tank in 1944, after they had run out of replacement ball bearings.

I can hear those squeaks from a mile away

LOL there's nobody there. It looks like a JV middle school game. The only people who showed up are the parents

40 million dollar parade and they couldn’t buy some WD-40 for squeaky old tank?

what a waste of 40 million dollars .


😂

Gary Shteyngart
I had more people show up to my bris.

😂

Lord knows the Army has done a good job trying to make this about anything but being the bestest birthday party for a wannabe authoritarian, but my sense of pride today comes from the fact this was sparsely attended while protests for our Constitutional rights were huge.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. He looks constipated there.

[suegeo]

4. Agree

But in real life, from people in the know, the rapist cannot control his bowls and thus involuntarily poops his pants. Too much drug use.

[rsdsharp]

2. It is amusing, but it's pretty remarkable that they run at all.

The last M4 Sherman, of any variant, rolled off the assembly line in July 1945.

[lapfog_1]

8. I was just wondering that myself

80 year old tanks... of course they squeak. I would to.

[rsdsharp]

9. They may even be older. The first M4A1 was built in February 1942.

The majority of Sherman’s were built in 1944.

[Ilsa]

3. "I've seen more people in the doctor's office waiting room."

Another:
"LOL there's nobody there. It looks like a JV middle school game. The only people who showed up are the parents
8:32 PM · Jun 14, 2025"

Best one:
Gary Shteyngart
@Shteyngart
I had more people show up to my bris.

:rofl
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I had more people show up to my bris.

[ForgedCrank]

5. Well, it

is an almost 100 freekin year old design. You can put all the grease you want on one of those and it'll sound just like that 5 minutes later.
I choose to see it as a moment of pride for the Army, and I feel bad that it all got turned into what it did because it was on Trumps b-day. Those guys bust their asses and they are really proud. They deserve better from us.

[Prairie Gates]

7. They deserve better from Trump and the MAGA trashbags

[Ping Tung]

6. It cost him but Dukakis had the guts to ride in one.

I guess the deadly bone spurs or scratched ear lobe prevents Don from taking a drive.