Donald Trump wanted a big patriotic spectacle: All he got was a damp firecracker

[DonViejo]

Trump yearned for a show along the lines of North Korea or the Soviet Union. Mercifully, America doesn't do that

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
JULY 5, 2019 12:00PM (UTC)

One of the more insignificant myths of the Donald Trump presidency is the one that claims he was inspired to order a magnificent military parade in Washington after viewing the Bastille Day celebration in France in 2017. It's true that Trump was excited by that parade was very excited by it and started making plans for a D.C. version on his way to the airport in Paris. But Trump had wanted the big tanks and marching soldiers and flyovers well before that.

According to the Huffington Post, he had requested a full-dress military parade for his inauguration and was told it couldn't be done because of the infrastructure in D.C. He explained to the Washington Post around the same time that he had big plans for the future:

“Being a great president has to do with a lot of things, but one of them is being a great cheerleader for the country. And 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. That military may be flying over New York City and Washington, D.C., for parades. I mean, we’re going to be showing our military."

So he's wanted this for a long time, probably since he was a kid. Like his BFF Kim Jong-un, he believes that Big Military Pageants are a sign of strength and will instill fear in the hearts of his enemies.

The U.S. doesn't do that stuff for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that we aren't supposed to be a military dictatorship that uses military pageants to scare its own citizens. Donald Trump may be the only person on the planet who believes the United States of America needs to prove its military might to the world with a big show of heavy armor and airplanes. Everyone else is fully aware that the U.S. has the most advanced, sophisticated and fearsome military on earth.

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https://www.salon.com/2019/07/05/donald-trump-wanted-a-big-patriotic-spectacle-all-he-got-was-a-damp-firecracker/

[TruckFump]

1. Gawd, the title of your thread!

For a minute I thought it was Melania describing sex with him!

[DonViejo]

4. It's the actual title of the article at the link in the OP

[TruckFump]

5. l laughed so hard when I saw that!!!!!!!!

Whether yours or from the article, you brightened my day by posting it! Thanks!

[lunasun]

2. He got a wet t shirt contest and his wife won ! Pleased his droogs too with the 4th

I’d rather have them pacified by crap like that instead of racial attacks or random mass shootings of children and have him parade the military around our capital to show USA strength rather than start wars to show off bombs , torture and kill innocents abroad to appease his droogs .

That he asked them to join the military tells me what plans he has for the armed forces but right now he can play big war leader on the streets of the country that elected him and keep the military might here at home IMO where we still have at least a little control and can expose his atrocities like at the border.
Once he starts overseas remember bush and war crimes which are very hard to pin down in chaos far away and we are still dealing with trying to prosecute the few that were identified plus they are supported by a hazing allegiance seen as patriotism .

[pecosbob]

3. Trump's a limp dick

As a businessman, he mostly got what he wanted by threatening people...whether their livelihood or their payment for services rendered. Since entering the political arena it has become quite apparent that he has virtually no negotiating skills whatsoever. Anytime he doesn't have leverage he gets told to f*ck off.

Border Wall...didn't happen...oh, and Mexico did not pay for the wall that was not built.
Tax cuts for average Americans...didn't happen
Bring back manufacturing jobs to America...didn't happen
Full repeal and replacement of 'Obamacare'...didn't happen
Renegotiate the Iran deal...uh, yeah...didn't happen