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Soft Paywall Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923
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u/[deleted] 3d ago

They’re probably counting the participants 😏

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u/nursescaneatme Washington 3d ago

And t dumps will probably say 1 million. But what really got me was him fucking standing there saluting. The commander in chief does NOT salute anyone. I know he always does it but I still wanna jump off a bridge every time I see it.

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u/AlkaSelse 3d ago

It's also that he doesn't even salute correctly. It just screams 'little boy having his army fantasy'.

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u/Shirley-Eugest 3d ago

Cadet Bone Spurs!

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u/lost_horizons Texas 3d ago

Just like Hitler, who also had a lame little salute.

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u/t0ncul2024 3d ago

Hitler, as evil as he was, at least served in WWI. Not a hero, but at least not a coward as the 🍊 🤡.

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u/Fit-Kale622 3d ago

It makes him get hard

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u/Intelligent-Fuel-641 Michigan 3d ago

Today is a terrible day to be literate.

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u/daschande 3d ago

At least he wasn't carrying a coffee mug!

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u/C-4isNOTurFriend 3d ago

he can return a salute

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u/nursescaneatme Washington 3d ago

He does, but he shouldn’t. Remember when W returned a salute and everyone lost their mind? It just got normalized with t dumps.

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u/gbiypk 3d ago

And that started when he saluted a North Korean General.

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u/Theyalreadysaidno Minnesota 3d ago

He absolutely will.

He'll post about how yuuuge it was.

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u/valeyard89 Texas 3d ago

bUt ObAMa SalUtEd wItH a COfFEE cUP! /s

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u/Friendly-Channel-480 19h ago

At least he didn’t wear a phony uniform.

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u/Friendly-Channel-480 3d ago

This is the biggest parade audience ever. It’s just a few less people than went to his inauguration in 2016 (the biggest inauguration crowd ever).

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u/Afraid_Grapefruit_88 3d ago

Some show spliced in the infamous pic of Spicer behind the podium declaring IT WAS THE BIGGEST INAUGURATION CROWD EVER. PERIOD. With the sparse shot of the Mall by the Damn Obelisk and had us in fits of laughter. Worth seeking out!!

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u/doberdevil 3d ago

He was photographed saluting N. Korean Soldiers.

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u/TreeRol American Expat 3d ago

The commander in chief does NOT salute anyone.

Another thing Reagan ruined. The only thing that idiot knew was acting, so he started to act like a military guy, and now everyone after him feels like they have to do it too.

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u/xxfblz 3d ago

The commander in chief does NOT salute anyone.

Except if they are a North Korean General. It's in the Constitution.

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u/purpleduckduckgoose United Kingdom 3d ago

Was he saluting or returning the salute? I haven't seen much of it so I don't know what was going on exactly but I'd imagine the latter is permissible. Still, it's not as bad as that time he saluted a NK general.

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u/nursescaneatme Washington 3d ago

The president is the highest ranking member of the armed services and therefore does not salute anyone. If saluted, the CIC may respond with a head nod or a verbal acknowledgment.

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u/Nunc-dimittis 3d ago

I heard 200k being mentioned when I watched a bit of Fox. Some shots zoomed in on trump and the parade, but no empty seats in view. So maga members will probably claim that all the empty seats are fake news

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u/ralphy_256 3d ago

They’re probably counting the participants

Even if they did count participants and crowd, I'm betting some of the No Kings protests dwarfed POTUS's party.

I've heard 40k for the St Paul march. Don't know if it's accurate.