Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923

33 Comments

  1. ResidentKelpien on

    More people attended the protests than Trump’s absurd waste of tax dollars.

  2. CautiousRoad9369 on

    Sad that we don’t get to celebrate the men and women in the armed forces. Trump had to make it all about himself

  3. Well, thats 500 million wasted. At least it didnt successfully fund a shameless self promotion of a dictator wanna be.

  4. AcanthisittaNo6653 on

    Sorry to the Army they had to go through that on their birthday. It’s thankless duty sometimes.

  5. The National Mall actually looked less crowded than usual for a Saturday afternoon in June.

  6. Trick-Set-1165 on

    All that so he could fall asleep in his chair in front of dozens of his fans.

  7. Parking-Emphasis590 on

    Anyone else get the sense that Republicans looked awful today?

    The abysmal military parade.

    Desantis encouraging drivers to run over protesters.

    A sheriff stating they will kill protesters.

    The assassination of Democrat reps.

    This against the energetic protests that took place in thousands of places.

    If they had any sense of shame, Republicans would be embarassed from today’s events.

  8. What a great article! Tries to imply the parade only had empty seats because of the weather, then says how ‘thousands’ were protesting across America.

    Yeah, it wasn’t cause of the weather (at least not *just* cause of that), and there were a lot more than just a few ‘thousands’ marching today.

    Just another ‘news’ network full of cowards.

  9. Peach_Mediocre on

    You’re honestly telling me this dude actually won the election? Look at his his parade and our protests. Look at his last inauguration. Look at his rallies compared to Harris in the month leading up to the election.

  10. peppermedicomd on

    I’m have to have contributed those empty seats by reserving an entry ticket for myself (as anti-Trump as it gets and my MAGA father who had no chance of being there) and then not going. Encouraged every single one of my friends and non-MAGA family members to do the same.

  11. The clip of the birthday boy so upset after realising that barely anyone has turned up to his wannabe dictator parade is the icing on the cake 🤣

  12. Dull-Hornet-2596 on

    How much do we think he had to pay Melania to show up in public with him?

  13. Working-Albatross-19 on

    You know they’ll post pictures of the protests and claim it was crowds for the parade.

  14. Trump wants to have more military parades, yet kicks VETs off the streets. He send his goons to clear the area in front of Trump Tower to avoid seeing our veterans. What’s going with VA? More cuts. So what’s the point of the military parades when he doesn’t respect the people.

  15. TrickBarnacle5578 on

    Hey Trump. We know you had the election rigged. It will never change that no one likes you, even your daughter you pine for.

  16. Shooting-Joestar on

    What an embarrassment after 5 months of L’s. Bro should resign in shame.

  17. Natural-Promise-78 on

    The “No Kings” protests surpassed the number needed for the “3.5% rule”. If 3.5% of the population participates in non-violent protest, significant political change will occur. The protests exceeded the rule by one million, with over 11 million participating.

  18. maeryclarity on

    Man I really expected they could get MAGA supporters at least one row deep along the route to cheer and wave flags as the troops went by but the few moments that I’ve glanced at (because I really don’t want to watch our Service Members being treated like toy soldiers)….the sidewalks are EMPTY it’s crazy how few people that there actually are.

    And I am super pleased that protesters correctly recognized that this was not the time or place to protest, to let it play out as the embarrassment that it was.

    The Alt National Park on Bluesky which has been quite good with information is saying early projections of the National protest turnout is over 11 million. Over a million in Boston alone.

  19. Whole_Macaron_3010 on

    You know, I was originally going to avoid any and all things related to the parade, but once I realized what a colossal failure it turned out to be I forgot all about that. I haven’t been this fucking happy in *months*!

  20. locationson2 on

    Maybe it’s time that ICE wears identifiable badges and are not allowed to wear masks. This situation will get worse if the common citizen cannot determine if this is a legitimate law enforcement agent or an imposter. Very sad, very scary. The continued use of masks will end in accidental bloodshed.

  21. greenbean0721 on

    I’m so hoping that this is the moment when the tide finally turns. The hypocrisy of this man speaking about the U.S. military when he’s done nothing but insult and disrespect veterans and their families is just nauseating.

  22. whiteroseatCH on

    Congratulations to everyone who showed up to protest!

    We just gave Trump the biggest F**K YOU!!

  23. HardcoreKaraoke on

    I don’t know how you look at the picture of Trump and his thugs on the stage and not see parallels to fascists throughout history. He’s doing what nearly every dictatorship and evil regime does. They try to peacock their military to try and threaten the rest of the world. He wants us to be like North Korea, China and Russia. He wants this to be a regular thing to threaten Americans as well as other countries. It’s disgusting.

    Also the picture on stage is ominous because it shows a wannabe dictator trying to act strong. But the other picture of him and his mail order bride reminds me of the end of Fight Club. They’re side by side watching the country burn.

  24. Such a waste of taxpayers money. This money should have been spent on our vets.