A Parade of Propaganda: Tanks, Flags, and Trump’s Cult of Personality Saturday, June 14, 2025, will be remembered not for fireworks and flag-waving, but for the moment Donald Trump went full autocrat in broad daylight. Under the pretense of honoring the Army’s 250th anniversary, Trump orchestrated a monstrous, over-the-top military parade in the heart of Washington, D.C. It featured over 6,000 troops, armored vehicles, attack helicopters, and even ceremonial horses—everything you’d expect in a show of power by an insecure dictator desperate for legitimacy. Not since the Cold War have Americans seen such a grotesque abuse of military optics. And let’s not kid ourselves: this parade wasn’t for the Army. It was for Trump. This was no celebration of service.…
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