White House urged firing live bombs, not dummies, for Navy celebration, AP sources say

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

White House urged firing live bombs, not dummies, for Navy celebration, AP sources say

By AAMER MADHANI, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and LISA MASCARO
Updated 9:15 PM EDT, October 28, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press.

One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners that Trump “needed to see explosions” instead of just a “big splash” during the Oct. 5 demonstration.

Original planning for what the Navy dubbed the Titans of the Sea Presidential Review called for military personnel to use dummies and not live bombs, a third person familiar with the Navy’s planning said.

That person, who like the others was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, would not comment on why the Navy decided to switch to live bombs.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-anniversary-live-bombs-fc5fa4c7a57706a183f03cf03ccbb3b2

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Dump & Co. haven't learned a damned thing since the California freeway debacle

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump won't be happy until the US military starts killing American citizens.

[NCDem47]

4. Or how about....

a "terrorist" dirty or nuclear bomb going off in Chicago or LA,? Ruling out San Francisco, because...techno bros. NYC out too for Wall Street, multiple Trump properties, FOX News HQ.

Chicago or LA off the map would be mighty convenient.

God, let's hope not.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Trump has no doubt thought about this as an option.

He loves killing people.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Interesting that the WH "insisted," but it

wasn’t an “order”.

[Lovie777]

3. This is serious...................

the sociopaths are on the warpath. The beginning of was ICE, NG, and the Marines in Los Angeles. The WH got away with it. Then The missiles over I-5 re: Camp Pendleton.

The occupation of ICE, NG in blue cities across the country. Ignoring court orders that the WH don't like, and firing the judges overseeing "due process" and replacing them with RWers.

Concentration camped, deportations, foreign countries prisons.

DOJ and AG going after shithole's opposition with "trump" charges. Destroying the economy, firing of thousands, no snap, allowing the subsides in ACA to expire.

et al.,

[Irish_Dem]

6. Your post sounds unbelievable but it is all true.

We have stepped into another reality.