The Grand Parade
Here's a story from the Washington Post today, about what would be what I have already seen described as the most Trump thing ever. Green Eagle knows how hard it is for most Americans to keep their minds on text, so he has taken the liberty of studding the article with diverting photos. Here's hoping you enjoy it:
Well, I wonder when the majority of Americans are going to figure out what is going on in this country. So far, most people seem to think it's no big deal.
"President Trump’s vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan a grand military parade later this year showcasing the might of America’s armed forces."
"Trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade"
"Trump’s seemingly abstract desire for a parade was suddenly heard as a presidential directive, the officials said."
"White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement confirming that plans are underway."
"A date has not been selected, although officials said Trump would like to tie the parade to a patriotic holiday."
"It is unclear what role Trump would play, whether he may perhaps serve as a grand marshal or observe the spectacle from a reviewing stand."
Well, I wonder when the majority of Americans are going to figure out what is going on in this country. So far, most people seem to think it's no big deal.
Comments
Our military leaders have always underestimated in public the capability of armaments, figuring that the cheapest defense in the world is to get the enemy to underestimate you. During the Gulf War, they encouraged the notion that none of our fighters would be able to fly due to the sand in the Middle East, that Abrams tanks would be unable to meet the conditions there, and on and on. They played a game for years of pretending that the M16 was a miserable, jam-prone piece of junk. The F22 and F35 were universally derided until they decisively beat planes from other countries in tests. I could go on, but this systematic downplaying of our military capacity has a benefit to troops. Trump is willing to sacrifice that in order to have another one day orgy of egomania, which shows how much he really cares about the military.
Pitiful.