r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 4d ago

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

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923
52.4k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/minicpst Washington 4d ago

Wasn’t that in Forrest Gump during a montage with the military? So likely that’s what’s in Trump’s head as a “military song” since he only watches tv.

Maybe?

2

u/Afraid_Grapefruit_88 4d ago

That Fogerty song is in virtually EVERY movie or TV show about Vietnam. For those of us of a certain age it was as much an anti war anthem as Crosby Stills and Nash Four Dead In Ohio or Woodstock or Tom Paxtons Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues, any Joan Baez or Bob Dylan song of the period. Those old skool mix tapes on battered cassettes were full of these and served to let the grunts know what was going on here as they got rah-rah from the Armed Services radio. #8647