'Where's everybody going?' Confusion as 'hordes' of people exit Trump talk early

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Source: Raw Story

June 14, 2025 8:28PM ET


Donald Trump's birthday/military parade had some lowlights that were exposed by the New York Times. NYT reporter John Ismay, who covers the Pentagon with a focus on armed conflict and the defense industry, attended the event on Saturday.

As part of his reporting, he provided the following live update: "Overall this was a pretty listless and low-energy parade and crowd. People wearing Trump paraphernalia far outnumbered those wearing Army hats and shirts from what I could see."

He added, "There were no speakers along the parade route, so spectators couldn’t hear whatever was being broadcast by the announcers closer to the reviewing stand. People are now flooding across Constitution Avenue at 18th Street to leave."

White House correspondent Shawn McCreesh also provided an update. Before Trump or JD Vance had even started to speak, the reporter wrote, "Hordes of people are streaming east across the mall to leave."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-listless-parade-going-where/

[cstanleytech]

1. Listless as in the band playing as the Titanic sinks or listless as in the scene in Ferris Bueller's economics class?

[louis-t]

16. Funny you should mention the Titanic.

The reporter's name is John Ismay. J. Bruce Ismay was an official of the White Star line, though his first name was Joseph.

[MadameButterfly]

2. It was boring

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Who want s to watch a bunch of tanks roll by?

We have to undertsand that Trump's intellecual capacity is below the average brown collar union-free laborer.
He watches totalitarian parades where spectators were forced to attend and pretend enthusiasm.
This is the result without the coercion. I'm sure when he figures it out, the coercion will be ok with him

[Mawspam2]

3. Once you see one tank roll by, do you need to see one hundred more?

Once the train engine goes by, you're just waiting for the end so you can be on your way.

[forgotmylogin]

22. Exactly! They're all beige vehicles.

And "hordes of people leaving"...did a "horde" even show up?

[Aristus]

32. I can't speak for all tankers. I know there are some Trumpsters out there.

But I would have hated being in a parade. All of the boring stuff that comes with being a tanker, and none of the cool fun stuff, like live-fire exercises, movement-to-contact marches, field maneuvers, etc.

A boring shit-detail just to massage the ego of a draft dodger. Ugh!

[IbogaProject]

8. The annual Bastile Day he saw in 2017 was his inspiration

I bet France invited him to that as a subtle insult, which he didn't get.

[MadameButterfly]

11. The Bastille Day parade also looks like a waste of money

but apparently theFrench like it. I wish Donald hadn't seen it.

He looks at this country and the only improvement he can think of for $30 million is a military parade.
The things I could do (for others) if I had $30 million....

[Bengus81]

4. Talk about an embarrassment the size of the known universe! OMG,the place was empty

They showed all the "dignitaries" every so often like Rubio and you could tell they were bored out of their SKULLS. I watched a replay and it went on and on and on. They sky was so overcast and hazy they could barely fly the helo's around.

My guess is LOADS of ketchup on the wall after that disaster............

[louis-t]

17. None of the 'dignitaries' looked very happy

from what I saw.

[BOSSHOG]

23. Have you seen a genuine smile from anyone

In the trump admin since January? Mean, vicious sons of bitches with hearts filled with hate.

Remember Obama and Biden. Lots of smiles.

[tanyev]

5. Hard to place speakers along the route when you only have a $45 million dollar budget to work with.

[MadameButterfly]

13. It would have required thinking about the experience of someone else

besides Trump. And maybe some smart people.

[kacekwl]

6. Looked like a small town event

with porta pottys being the biggest cost other than what the Army spent. I wonder how much money trump got from fraudulent charges to contractors.

[Clouds Passing]

7. Are any aerial pics of crowd available?

[mdbl]

10. Don't know but if any are released from the Dump admin you can be sure they'll be doctored.

[IronLionZion]

9. Trump himself looked like he was having a miserable time

I guess they got the day they voted for.

[twodogsbarking]

12. Hey, they're out of beer. Let's get the truck out of here.

[Initech]

14. Womp womp!

Eat shit, Donny!

[live love laugh]

15. The Craig's list employees were off the clock.

[Pinback]

19. Where do we go to get the "$1,000 worth of crypto"??

[live love laugh]

24. lol 😂

[IronLionZion]

26. The Trumps are the opposite of the Lannisters in Game of Thrones

A Trump never pays his debts

[BlueKota]

34. He will probably post on TS

that Democrats paid people to stay away.

[flashman13]

18. During the November 1969 Moratorium march we filled the mall and the side streets with 500,000 people.

Eat your heart out Donny. On one day Nixon drew a bigger crowd than your parade and both inaugurations added together.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. In 1969 US population was about 1/4 what it is today

[flashman13]

31. I hadn't thought about that. So the equivalent number today would be 2,000,000.

I suspect before this is over we might see 2,000,000 in DC protesting the regime.

[mountain grammy]

20. Waste, Fraud and Abuse in plain sight!

[ThoughtCriminal]

21. Makes me wonder how much Chinese, North Korean, and Russian parades cost

If this display cost $45 million, it's hard to imagine what those extravaganzas must cost.

[Skittles]

25. I thought the marching guys were very listless

I led some military marches - OK, it was only from the dorm to tech training, but still, even we were snappier than that.

[BlueKota]

33. My sister and a friend of hers

from her high-school band days watched a few minutes of the parade. Her friend said, if they had ever marched out of step as badly as some of the troops were, their band director, would have gone bat-shit crazy at them. He said you could tell the soldiers didn't want to be there.

[Mopar151]

28. Brass was not into it

The military has marching bands, drill teams, and snappy uniforms! America knows how to put on a parade, but not for this guy!

[usonian]

29. They had all the overflowing enthusiam of their savior and fearless leader.

Setting a new standard in "happy"

[Aussie105]

30. If Trump doesn't get it now, he never will.

People just don't like him, trust him or feel he is competent at running the country.

You don't win friends and influence people by:
Sending military troops in to quell civil unrest.
(You will just turn it violent)
Deporting peoples' workmates and workers who harvest crops with indiscriminate and heavy handed ICE actions.
(Expect food shortages and price rises.)
Make promises you have no intention or power to keep.
(People remember what you promised them before they voted for you.)
Appointing people to jobs they have no competency in because you don't understand what those jobs require.
(But they do lick your boots for you.)
Telling people you are smart and exceeding competent, and everyone should love you.
(When the evidence says otherwise, very clearly.)

And lastly:
You don't win friends and influence people by being Donald Trump.

Anyone with a functional brain would see this is a disaster and bow out.
(But this is Trump we are talking about, so that isn't going to happen.)