Narcissist and would-be dictator Donald "Cadet Bone Spurs" Trump will get his banana republic style military parade on the Fourth of July in Washington, DC. Starry eyed over the Bastille Day parade that sly, ingratiating French President Emmanuel Macron invited him to in 2017, Trump saw that and the military-heavy parades put on by authoritarian states and thought what a great way to celebrate himself. Disregarding the spirit behind the Fourth of July, Trump is determined to use military jet flyovers and military hardware, including heavy tanks, around the the Mall as window dressing to his speech from the Lincoln Memorial. As we noted Sunday, the forecast is for rain and scattered thunderstorms, which we hope will dampen the spirits of the Trump's red cap cultists in attendance.
Cadet Bone Spurs, military genius that he is, had this to say about the equipment:
“You’ve got to be pretty careful with the tanks because the roads have a tendency not to like to carry heavy tanks,” he said. “So we have to put them in certain areas, but we have the brand new Sherman tanks and we have the brand new Abrams tanks.”Sherman tanks were deployed in World War II and were taken out of service in 1957, but Trump thinks they're "brand new." The DC City Council had a slightly different take on the tanks:
We have said it before, and we’ll say it again: Tanks, but no tanks. (PS: The @DeptofDefense agrees, see highlighted area below) pic.twitter.com/ock2EORKNz— Council of DC (@councilofdc) July 1, 2019
Not that Trump listens to his military advisors. George Conway, Twitter antagonist of Trump and husband of alternative facts generator Kellyanne Conway, commented on Trump's unquenchable need for glorification and attention:
Hard to understand why so many people seem to think that Trump may try to make Independence Day about himself. pic.twitter.com/VHYUHpGzck— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 2, 2019
Let's hope for rain, and lots of it, during Trump's self-glorification moment.
4 comments:
Notice the "I want my tanks!" temper tantrum after meeting with Putin and Kim? I wonder who is going to be in the VIP section of this debacle.
Hoping for heavy thunderstorms and well-placed lightning.
Anonymous -- He seems to be inspired by his despot friends, and contemptuous of the traditional celebration itself.
donnah -- Amen on the "well-placed lightening."
And I'm very angry that we taxpayers are footing the bill for this stolen holiday. Trump has co-opted it for his own vanity and the costs, which were exorbitant when he put this idea up the last time, still have to be outrageous. What changed? Why don't we have anyone in the administration to just tell him NO! Why is he robbing so many military personnel of their day off? Why does he get to do this when he was denied before?
I guess it is just a flashpoint for me. Yes, there are greater tragedies happening, actually on a daily basis. I sound off about them, too, as you know. ;-). But this display of utter selfishness, vanity, and defiance really ticks me off.
Keep your tiny mitts off our holiday, you orange-faced buffoon!
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