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Topics: Twitter, Social Media, Donald Trump, Politics, US News, Military
Britt Jones
Topics: Twitter, Social Media, Donald Trump, Politics, US News, Military
Donald Trump celebrated his birthday as he hosted a $45 million military parade for the 250th anniversary of the US Army, but people are noticing one detail, and they’re not happy.
Hundreds of thousands of people turned up to watch the troops march below as they cheered and saw tanks, celebratory banners and flags everywhere.
However, while the celebration was in full swing, people could only notice on thing.
It was Donald Trump's 79th birthday on Saturday (June 14) and what better way to spend it than to be in Washington, DC?
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Trump walked out to 'Hail to the Chief' and 'Happy Birthday' alongside First Lady Melania Trump, his family, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth among other officials, and all seemed to be going well.
The military began the parade, with tanks and aircrafts and parachuters falling from the the sky as over 6,000 uniformed soldiers patrolled through the capitol.
What a sight! It would be so exciting to watch that you surely wouldn’t be able to do anything else except watch everything in amazement…right?
Wrong.
When cameras were pointed on the president, it seemed to show him growing weary of the display before him.
In fact, it appeared as though he was fighting off a nap (unsuccessfully).
The prez was sat beside his wife, when he began to dip his head every now and then, with his eyes fully closed.
Sometimes, it was for a prolonged period of time, leading to some who saw the clip online to bash him.
One person wrote: “General Fatten orders a gazillion $ military parade and then falls asleep during it. Don Snorleone strikes again!”
Another scathed: “Time to relieve him of the office. He is too old.”
Someone else wrote: “He wasted tax dollars for a parade that he ended up finding absolutely boring and was forced to stay for the whole thing. Amazing.”
So, many people were not too pleased with Trump allegedly snoozing during the event.
The historic parade saw the president address the crowd and military personnel at the end of the parade in an eight-minute-long speech, saying in part: "Every other country celebrates their victories. It's about time America did too.
"We're the hottest country in the world right now," he continued. "If you threaten the American people, our soldiers are coming for you."
However, even though it was claimed that 250,000 people attended, pictures of said attendees and of the parade prompted many to believe that figure had been inflated with reports from the Associated Press, the New York Times and Fox News suggesting the crowd was much smaller than stated.
People then took to social media to describe the poor turnout.
"Bro said ‘display of military might’. I see lawn chairs and a Bluetooth speaker," said one on Twitter. "It looks like a recruiting booth a Six Flags."
"More people IN the parade than AT the parade," said another.
So, there are a lot of different opinions on the parade, and even more on just how many actually turned up.