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Trump kicks off massive military parade across National Mall (abcnews.go.com)
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A parade in Washington, D.C., commemorating the 250th anniversary of the armed services and coinciding with the birthday of President Donald Trump, kicked off Saturday with a grand showing of the military's power throughout the National Mall.

Eighty-four military vehicles, including 28 Abrams tanks, 6,700 marching soldiers and other military presentations, were all on tap for the celebration, which also happened to fall on Trump's 79th birthday.

ABC News observed some people in the crowd wearing MAGA hats and others burst into singing "Happy Birthday," as the parade was about to begin. The parade started a half hour early -- at 6 p.m. -- due to weather.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

How about we make the military do something useful?

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Also happened to....there's a phrase doing some heavy fucking lifting

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    • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Incidentally, in 1981, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was assassinated by his military parade, on live TV worldwide.

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I'm kinda bummed something didn't happen to him today.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    ABC didn't report the pathetically tiny crowd. More bigly tiny than Dear Leader's little T. rex hands.

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    What a pathetic loser.

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Government waste

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    In looking through the pictures, this super-villain origin story stood out to me.

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