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    Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago

    Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for his 79th Birthday

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    Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for his 79th Birthday

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    Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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    Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for His 79th Birthday
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    The president was previously forced to abandon plans for a procession in Washington, D.C., due to its colossal price tag.
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      Hey DOGE, I think I found some waste,fraud, and abuse. Fulfill your mandate and stamp this out.

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        Damn, that reminds me of my childhood!

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      What a smart use of American tax payer dollars… celebrating Trump’s fucking birthday as if he wasn’t rich enough to throw his own fucking birthday party.

      I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR BIRTHDAY.

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      Sounds like a great place for a giga protest.

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        Sounds like a great time to do something more fun anywhere else.

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        Nah trump will claim everyone was there for him and there wasn’t a protest.

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      2 months from now:

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      They shut down USAID over allegations of waste totalling $57,000.

      Think of how much one of these North Korea style military parades would cost.

      Just sayin’

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      If it leads to a cake-cutting ceremony involving a sword (like the USMC birthday), one member of the military may be standing there next to him, blade in hand, with the words “…all enemies, foreign and domestic…” ringing in their head and the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible in that situation.

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      What would such a parade cost?

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        About $100 million, according to estimates last time he tried to make this happen (2018).

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          Confirmed Status: President Doofus

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      Don’t show up, even to protest. He’ll just say everyone showed up for him. Let him have his audience-less parade like a retarded North Korean despot.

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      Military parade for the draft dodging foreign agent?

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      The plans emerged after Trump’s 2017 visit to France where he witnessed the Paris Bastille Day celebrations…

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      Having a hundred thousand protesters suddenly show up and block the parade would be incredible. Trump would either be forced to stop his birthday parade and look weak or try to retaliate against peaceful protestors on a widely televised event.

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      Can’t wait to see the roads collapse because of this stupid fucks hubris.

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      Don’t join the military. y’all. No need to be prancing around in a costume for your clown lord… although I guess that’s better than being killed or murdering people.

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        Oh we’ll get there soon enough in Greenland, Panama, and probably Ukraine on the Russian side

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      The Dick Tater Parade.

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