Trump Hosts $45 Million Military Parade For Himself Before Underwhelming Crowd

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Jun 14, 2025, 09:25 PM EDT


WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump finally got his North Korea-style military parade for his birthday Saturday, which featured tanks and rocket launchers rolling down the streets of the capital city before smaller-than-expected crowds. “Every other country celebrates their victories, it’s about time America did too,” Trump said in a brief, eight-minute speech. It followed the two-hour parade down Constitution Avenue, during which Trump primarily sat, appeared bored, but occasionally stood to salute the passing troops and military hardware.

Trump and his administration have claimed that the parade was actually to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Army’s founding by the Continental Congress in 1775, not Trump’s 79th. It’s unclear whether the Navy and the Marine Corps, branches also founded in 1775, will similarly get $45 million parades this year. Neither Trump nor the Pentagon has mentioned any such plans.

What’s more, preceding Trump at the lectern, Vice President JD Vance described Trump’s coming remarks as “the main event” of the evening.

Despite Trump’s attempts to hype the event, attendance appeared light — there were considerably fewer people on the National Mall on Saturday than there would be for a typical Fourth of July celebration. And attendance at Trump’s parade was dwarfed by the millions who showed up at roughly 2,000 anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in cities and towns all over the country.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-military-parade_n_684e145ee4b0417963bbc79b

[johnnyfins]

1. So, the number was around 10,000 people at

the parade (I doubt it was even that high).

Apparently, Steven Cheung, who is known for his honesty (Not) tweeted that there were 250,000 people there. So minus the 10,000 that means 240,000 were wearing invisibility cloaks????

[SupportSanity]

2. 10,000 at his "parade"? Too many zeros.

[SupportSanity]

3. ALL HAT & NO CATTLE

That's what they would call it down in Texas.

[Akakoji]

8. Texans would call it bullshit

Serious

[underpants]

4. I asked on Wednesday if there'd be a crowd. Just didn't think there would be

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220386545

[Septua]

5. Trump will eventually say the parade attendees numbered...

.."hundreds of thousands." Just wait and see.

The most common technique for counting crowds at protests and rallies is Jacobs' method, named for its inventor, Herbert Jacobs. Jacobs' method involves dividing the area occupied by a crowd into sections, determining an average number of people in each section, and multiplying by the number

Trump uses the "Trump method" which is whatever number he wants it to be. Remember his description of the 2017 inaugural crowd? 1.5 million and it wasn't even close.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump excoriated the media for — in his view — massively understating the size of his inaugural crowds. “I turn on one of the networks, and they show an empty field,” Trump said at a speech Saturday afternoon at the CIA. “I’m like, wait a minute. I made a speech. I looked out, the field was, it looked like a million, million and a half people.”

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14347298/trump-inauguration-crowd-size

[Bayard]

6. When's the last time his vision was checked?

He needs glasses.

[generalbetrayus]

7. Orange Julius Caesar only spoke 8 minutes???

I say he wasn't even there from fear of the rain damaging the last of his head hair and was replaced by a look-alike.

[Dulcinea]

9. According to the Alt National Park Service...

...12.1 MILLION people attended No Kings events. Fewer than 10,000 showed up for the Fascist Felon's vanity parade.

[forgotmylogin]

10. Has any journalist ever written the words...

"Trump said in a brief, eight-minute speech."

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Is DOGE going to demand a refund from Harrumph?

Government efficiency and all that, ya know........

[Buddyzbuddy]

12. We would have been better off giving him $5mil

to put in his pocket. We would've saved $40mil and everybody that attended would've had a much better day.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. What a fucking waste of our money. Like everything else he/they touch.