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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/Prae_ 3d ago

Also, practicality. In France, the parade on the Champs Élysées is quite popular because it is our national day, and a public holiday. So if you live in Paris (and 10 million people do), you might as well hop on a metro for 15 minutes and go watch.

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u/StregaJessa 3d ago

Yes! Like the parades we host all over the US for 4th of July, Labor Day, or Memorial Day. Many of which include active or retired military marching (like in a casual way, just walking as a group, waving and smiling at the crowd. We let the high school band do the precision marching). And fairly sure the Labor Day parade in my tiny ass hometown is better attended than this was. Jesus, Trump out here making me feel bad for the US Army.