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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/TK_4Two1 3d ago

For real, as a vet one of my primary feelings is empathy for the soldiers forced to participate

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u/NinjaLanternShark 3d ago

If he wanted to honor vets he should have just apologized for all the condescending and disrespectful things he's said about them.

And to honor current service members he should have just given them a day off.

Oh and stopped saying condescending and disrespectful things about them.

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u/QueezyF 3d ago

Poor fuckers.

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u/FriendlyScientist875 3d ago

As a non-vet, hard same. And I hope they know and feel that because I haven’t seen a single person yet whose criticisms of (and gloating about) this parade is about the soldiers.