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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Reason trump's Birthday Parade Was a Failure
Is that trump tried to force something we do not do in this country!He wanted a North Korea style parade with thousands of people waving flags
and singing 'USA is Great' Lee Greenwood didn't even look enthusiastic!
Because we've had a long tradition of NOT parading our tanks and weapons.
and trump, DarnOld trump, I hope you've learned a lesson here:
You can fake it but you can't force it!
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The Reason trump's Birthday Parade Was a Failure (Original Post)
Mr.Bee
18 hrs ago
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Irish_Dem
(71,097 posts)1. I don't think any US president will ever demand a parade again?
Klarkashton
(3,586 posts)2. It was a revealing demonstration that all the treasure
That is wasted on the military amounts to some rag tag guys in old uniforms marching out of step and some old oily broken down rolling garbage heaps.
A shabby shitty pathetic display.
malaise
(285,372 posts)3. DarnOld
😂😀😂
Mr.Bee
(838 posts)5. I coined that in 2016
still waiting for it to catch on...
I also think he's going to change the meaning of the word 'trump'
to mean 'fuck-up'. as in: 'Yeah, you trumped that all right!'
Mr.Bee
(838 posts)4. Now Americans Get To Pay
to clean up after
Wounded Bear
(62,196 posts)6. Yeah. Commented on this yesterday...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220401753
Talking about how we don't have the infrastructure and architecture to pull this off like the authoritarians do. We don't have a place like Red Square in Moscow or Tianamen in Beijing or the Champs Elysees in France with its Arc d'Triumph in the frame. We don't have that shit largely because like you say, we don't do that.
Talking about how we don't have the infrastructure and architecture to pull this off like the authoritarians do. We don't have a place like Red Square in Moscow or Tianamen in Beijing or the Champs Elysees in France with its Arc d'Triumph in the frame. We don't have that shit largely because like you say, we don't do that.
UTUSN
(74,465 posts)7. "not tanks/weapons" - and no idolatry of Dear Leader!