Don't you love a PARADE? The answer to making AmeriKa Great again. And in deeper debt. Worship TRUMP

Another new song to me :)

I replied already to your comment, Adaydreambeliever -- I don't know why my reply is now missing. I don't think I broke any rules. I thought it was a nice comment to yours.
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Well stay tuned then.  Trump is digging into your pocketbook to pay for the biggest bestest parade ever all to honor him.   This 4th of July he will have a parade in the middle of Washington DC.  Tanks, missles, all kinds of goodies.  Maybe we can even have a few Atom Bombs.   


 
WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that he was looking into staging a display of American military might in a Fourth of July parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.

In remarks during a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France at the United Nations, Mr. Trump said he got the idea after watching the Bastille Day parade in Paris with Mr. Macron in July. During the parade, he could be seen gesticulating and whispering to Mr. Macron at the elaborate display of tanks, soldiers on horseback and military jets flying overhead.

“I came back and one of my early calls were, I think we are going to have to start looking at that ourselves,” the president told Mr. Macron. “We are actually thinking about Fourth of July, Pennsylvania Avenue, having a really great parade to show our military strength.”
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The Bastille Day parade in Paris in July, which President Trump said gave him the idea of staging a display of American might. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

Mr. Trump has seemed taken by the idea of a military parade since the early days of his presidency.

His inaugural committee reportedly explored, but rejected, the idea of highlighting military equipment in his inaugural parade. In an interview in January, just days before he took his oath of office, he told a Washington Post reporter that “we’re going to show the people as we build up our military, we’re going to display our military. That military may come marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Months later, in an interview with The New York Times in the Oval Office, the president called the Bastille Day event “one of the most beautiful parades I have ever seen” and said that “we should do one day down Pennsylvania Ave.”
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“I’ve always thought of that,” he said. “I’ve thought of it long before.”

But the president’s comments on Monday suggested that he has moved beyond musing about the idea of a display of America’s military power. In lengthy comments, he said that his administration had already begun planning for the event, perhaps as early as next year.

“We’re looking forward to doing that,” Mr. Trump said, adding that he had spoken to his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, a retired Marine, and others about beginning the planning process. “We’ll see if we can do it this year. But we certainly will be beginning to do that.”
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Mr. Trump attended the Bastile Day Parade in Paris in July at the invitation of Mr. Macron. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

It would not be the first time modern military hardware has been wheeled down Pennsylvania Avenue. Pershing and Nike missiles were part of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural celebration, recalled Michael Beschloss, a presidential historian, though Kennedy generally disliked military parades.

But for the most part during the Cold War, Mr. Beschloss said, big displays of military might were seen as a sign of weakness because they mimicked the Soviet Union.

“If the message is: ‘I want to express how much I honor our military,’ that’s a wonderful thing,” Mr. Beschloss said. “If the idea is to mimic other countries’ military might, I don’t think that’s a great idea.”

If the president gets his wish this Fourth of July, it will be the first major military parade down the streets of Washington in more than 25 years. In 1991, President George Bush hosted a similar demonstration of military prowess after the end of the Persian Gulf war.
Gulf War 1991 National Victory Celebration Video by balsamwoods

Amphibious assault vehicles and at least one M1 tank were among the 80 pieces of military hardware that rumbled down the city’s main street for the Gulf War National Victory Celebration about three weeks before Independence Day that year. The cost of the parade: more than $12 million, with about $7 million coming from federal funds and the rest from private donations.

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It is not clear exactly what Mr. Trump has in mind for his parade or who would pay for it.

Many countries use military parades to celebrate their might. North Korea frequently puts on displays of its military hardware, highlighting the rogue nation’s missile capabilities by driving them down the streets of Pyongyang on trailers for all to see.

China held a huge military parade two months ago, with President Xi Jinping riding in the parade in an open-topped Jeep. In May, Russian leaders organized a large military parade through Red Square to mark Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

And at France’s Bastille Day celebration in July, tanks and planes marked not only the storming of the Bastille in 1789 but the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I.

“It was military might and I think a tremendous thing for France, for the spirit of France,” Mr. Trump said Monday. “We are going to have to try and top it.” This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at February 9, 2018 8:48 AM MST

Hey Sharoona and Merlin -- my best to you both!

This president is becoming stranger and stranger to me - - and he was pretty strange to me to begin with. Yeah, like you said earlier, a parade "will show 'em!!! We're Number One!! And we'll shove it down their throats!!" And throngs will love him for it.

I'm too much of a Pollyanna , I know. Like what's-his-name said "Can't we all just get along?" That includes the USA, Mr. President - - we don't have to bully the world. Yeah, I know, there are bullies in the world -- so let's just bully back. Thank God I'm not in a position of power politically, I'd suck at it.

Now I want my Love Parade even more.

It is a sin what he is doing to this country.  I cannot listen to anyone who is saying he is right. I cannot handle that language around my brain any more.  It is not about choosing a certain type of music. This is the leader of the nation.  There is no way he can be defended.  He hates certain types of people and gay people are  high on the list, women are the lowest, and black people and immigrants are less than dirt.

This is not a person that should be allowed on the streets.   He is slime and he attracts sheep and worse.  This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at February 9, 2018 6:43 PM MST

Now THAT is a parade I would attend!

Way to be Lulul'sMom!!  PeaPod and I are on our way with doggie treats too! Yip! Yip! Yipeee!!  

I'm smiling so big right now!  I'm with you PeaPod!! :)

MEE 2.

Me three.

If only all parades were like this.  I would love them all.

Me too

Mee three.   Hey! They are supposed to move.   I got gif gypped.

This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at February 9, 2018 6:38 PM MST

You are too wise for this Trump man.   He cannot think such lofty thoughts. 

So where is he keeping these brains we keep hearing about?

LOL

We are allowed cheese.  Especially orange.  It makes us sluggish and Trumpish.  Like our idol.

Yes.  That is so SIMILAR to this Parade.

Keep trying.  So NOT similar.  This very insanely expensive display is to FRIGHTEN AND AWE everyone in the world.  It will make them sicker of us than they already are. 

Even your beloved Republicans are rolling their eyes.  Waste of money.  Serves no purpose. Especially to glorify people he constantly insults.  Look at his treatment of families he has to call when someone croaks in the line of duty.  "well he knew what he signed up for".  What a piece of garbage.  Take the money for this parade and use it to buy your wall.  MORON.

This overly expensive parade is to glorify Trump.   You want transparancy?  The whole world knows he is doing this to divide the country and get it talking about anything besides his inevitable and looming impeachment.

It cannot come soon enough.
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But for the most part during the Cold War, Mr. Beschloss said, big displays of military might were seen as a sign of weakness because they mimicked the Soviet Union.

“If the message is: ‘I want to express how much I honor our military,’ that’s a wonderful thing,” Mr. Beschloss said. “If the idea is to mimic other countries’ military might, I don’t think that’s a great idea.”

If the president gets his wish this Fourth of July, it will be the first major military parade down the streets of Washington in more than 25 years. In 1991, President George Bush hosted a similar demonstration of military prowess after the end of the Persian Gulf war.
Gulf War 1991 National Victory Celebration Video by balsamwoods

Amphibious assault vehicles and at least one M1 tank were among the 80 pieces of military hardware that rumbled down the city’s main street for the Gulf War National Victory Celebration about three weeks before Independence Day that year. The cost of the parade: more than $12 million, with about $7 million coming from federal funds and the rest from private donations. This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at February 9, 2018 4:29 PM MST