Stage is set and tanks are arriving to celebrate Army's 250th anniversary on Trump's birthday

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

June 7, 2025, 6:25 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON – The stage is being set – literally – for the military parade June 14 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that coincides with President Donald Trump’s birthday.

Construction workers are erecting a stage along Constitution Avenue near the White House. Steel plates have been embedded in the asphalt to protect roads from 140,000-pound tanks. And the tanks themselves – and other military vehicles – have begun arriving by train.

"The Army's 250th birthday is a once-in-a-lifetime event," Col. Kamil Sztalkoper, a spokesperson for the III Armored Corps, said as one of the trains left Fort Cavazos in Texas bound for Washington, D.C. "This is a chance to see our soldiers, our leaders and the world-class force on full display in our nation's capital. We look forward to being a part of history."

The day-long festival along the National Mall will feature a parade and fireworks display. The parade will include about 6,600 soldiers, 150 vehicles and 50 aircraft, according to the Army. Trump told NBC News the cost – budgeted at $30 million and potentially rising to $45 million – is “peanuts” compared to celebrating “the greatest military in the world.”

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Waste, fraud, abuse.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Shame shame shame on a US military officer spouting Trump lies and propaganda.

They have sold their souls to the fascist devil.

[Walleye]

3. Yep, this is what I fear. We underestimate the number of Americans.

Who have fallen head over heels in love with Putin/Musk/Trump. How about using some of those millions to pay the hard-working federal employees that Elon fired

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes the stark and shocking reality hits us more each day.

That Trump is just the symptom of the rot and decay in the heart of the US.

So many people adore a rapist, criminal, psychopath.
And love the idea of fascist rule.

[Walleye]

8. The scary thing is they have successfully dehumanized "illegals". They aren't even people to maga anymore.

They think inhumanity has become their duty

[Irish_Dem]

9. It's not just illegals. It is all POC, women, LGBT.

Many in the US are now second class citizens.
Targets of abuse, hatred, ridicule.
Threats of jail, death, etc.

And the MAGA cult loves it. They get off on it.

Yes it appears the US has become a nation of psychopaths.

[dem4decades]

18. It's Democrats and RINOs too. MAGA hates anyone not them.

[Evolve Dammit]

60. It's all of us. They want us dead.

[Irish_Dem]

68. Yes most of us being dead ticks all the boxes for them.

[bdamomma]

52. Those in the regime

are the inhumane treasonous POS. This will not end well for any of us. Stand strong.

[Walleye]

2. This way to celebrate would be to give everybody the day off. I don't think they enjoy these parades.

And did anybody question why on earth Trump would be celebrating the army. Which he didn’t join when he had a chance and none of his relatives did

[Rhiannon12866]

4. In Mary Trump's book she said that Don Jr. was considering joining the military

And his father said he'd disown him.

[Walleye]

6. Poor little junior doesn't even have a mind of his own

[Bengus81]

21. Just like Trumps POS father did with Mary Trumps father for wanting to fly

for airlines. That family is so fucked up there's no repairing it.

[sop]

10. Trump isn't celebrating the military, he's using the military to celebrate himself.

[Walleye]

11. And the media will bend over and report it's just for the army, celebration

[COL Mustard]

19. That's the part most people are missing

The Army's 250th birthday is in fact a once in a lifetime experience, and a significant milestone that we should be celebrating (I say that as a military retiree and a current Fed working for the Army). But this parade was never the Army's idea, and the absence coincidence makes it grotesque, IMO. But that's just me.

No, I won't be attending any of the festivities.

[hadEnuf]

33. Trump could give a shit about the Army's 250th anniversary.

He wants to show his "power".
Or worse, set up a garrison. Let's see who leaves after the festivities.

[alfredo]

56. Repairs to the streets from the heavy armor will cost us millions.

[thought crime]

41. They are just Props for his show.

[bdamomma]

54. The felon

wants his military style parade like Kim Jong Un.

[Onthefly]

5. Sad. Evilness while aid cuts kill people.

The mad king and his minions will be glorifying death and destruction. We will resist this inhumanity. No Kings! No Tyranny!

[sop]

12. Imagine the deafening clatter dozens of 70-ton tanks will create driving across all those steel plates.

Not to mention the jets overhead, missile trucks, marching bands and all the rest. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near Constitution Avenue while this is going on. Besides, Trump's plans always go awry; something unforeseen will happen to turn this "parade" into a disaster.

[AverageOldGuy]

13. ". . . as one of the trains left Fort Cavazos in Texas . . . "

Fort Cavazos was originally Fort Hood, named to the Confederate insurrectionist General John Bell Hood, a Confederate general during the American Civil War. It was later renamed to Fort Cavazos in 2023, honoring the late General Richard Cavazos, the first Hispanic four-star general in the US Army.

Just wait -- SECDEF Hogsbreath will rename Fort Cavazos, if he has not already.

[AverageOldGuy]

14. All flights into/out of Washington National Airport . . .

. . . have been cancelled or re-routed for the duration of the parade because of the presence of military aircraft and paratroopers.

Now -- here's the big question: WILL THERE BE SUCH A PARADE ON TRUMP'S BIRTHDAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM? WILL THIS HAPPEN AGAIN IN 2026, 2027, AND 2028????

[democrank]

15. Another over-the-top birthday present from Trump to Trump.

POS

[DENVERPOPS]

29. The only way

Trump or Putin can get a boner at their age.........LOL

[mountain grammy]

16. Disgusting! He's a madman.

[Javaman]

17. The orange ignoramus is going to announce something at the parade

And it won’t be good. Especially in light of his over the top reaction to the protests in Los Angeles

Things are speeding up

[DENVERPOPS]

30. Wow Javaman,

my thoughts exactly...........Like maybe the covert assembly of Military might and 6K soldiers being amassed to prepare to defend White House, Capitol, USSC, for him to announce implementation of Insurrection Act, ignoring Posse Comataus Act, and declaring Martial Law???????
Only fitting that on his birthday, be it a day of infamy, for Trump's installing himself as a tyrant dictatorship in the United Corporations of America......and in preparation for him celebrating it every year on this date............Our first clue, will be what the 6,000 soldiers are wearing in the parade.......Military Dress Uniforms, or all of them in FULL OUT battle gear, and sporting gas masks and helmets, along with their assault weapons.......That will certainly be enough of a "Tell" for me.....

Katie Bar The Door..........

[Javaman]

37. what worries me is this...

I'm only going to assume something here.

I would think, when soldiers parade here in the US, they aren't issued live ammo.

I hope someone checks on this on the day of before the parade starts.

[DENVERPOPS]

44. Trump and his CABAL

seemingly are the last few days, accelerating their push for any act to be an "Insurrection" so he can go for his enabling the insurrection act and Martial Law............it has gone to beyond scary. The protest in California maybe had 1-2 hundred and Trump just sent thousands of military??????
Of course LA is just a hop skip and jump for the 6K military already at the Mexican Border......

I am beginning to smell a RAT about June 14th..............

[pwb]

20. I am hoping for rain.

Heavy rain all day.

[orleans]

22. how DISGRACEFUL!

but what can we expect from dirty donnie the douchebag who will be beating off as he watches the tanks roll by just like dear leader parades in NORTH KOREA! hope he gets so excited he has a fucking heart attack

[Orrex]

23. It'll really be something to watch the MSM ceremonially fellate him for his birthday

[NEOBuckeye]

24. What a vile narcissist nt

[TheBadWolf]

25. My wild-eyed conspiracy theory is that this isn't about the anniversary or his birthday.

Both of those things are a convenient cover for moving troops and equipment to DC at the same time he has effectively enacted martial law against protesters. This piece of shit is waging war against his own country and he's turning the city into even more of a fortress.

[guss]

26. TRUMPS BIRTHDAY PRESENT

January 6 was for Trump, and now He gets June `14th all tied up in a loving Traitorous Birthday bow.

Sieg Heil, Mien Fuhrer!

Is the Happy Birthday MAGA Song.

[cab67]

27. Is it wrong...

...that I kinda want something to go wrong?

I am NOT referring to any sort of incident that would hurt or kill people. At all. I do NOT want anything like that to happen.

I'm thinking more about vehicles toward the front of the parade breaking down or colliding with other vehicles. (They'll be moving slowly, so injuries are unlikely.) Something that stops the parade and makes Trump look stupid.

[twodogsbarking]

28. Couldn't he just play with his toys in the sand box? Same thing. They could televise it.

Everyone would watch. Trump lives for attention.

[Bayard]

42. That's what I was thinking

Just play with his little toy soldiers, and leave the country alone.

[twodogsbarking]

47. Hands are the right size, head too.

[Initech]

31. Fucking gross. I do not want fucking fascist military parades on US soil.

Fuck Donny dictator!

[WestMichRad]

32. Geez, don't they want to deploy some of these to LA?

Idiots.

[CountAllVotes]

34. Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army

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[Hotler]

35. On its 250th anniversary the U.S. Army will administer a coup de grace to democracy in America by kissing

the ring of fascism.

[SWBTATTReg]

36. I'm just waiting for one or more of the tanks to fall through the streets. As heavy as these things are, it's bound

to happen.

[William Gustafson]

66. Idiot boy doesn't understand that there are subways under the streets of DC

https://ggwash.org/view/68251/what-lies-beneath-tunnels-under-washington-dc.... wonder how much damage 20-30 ton tanks do to the subway..?

[mdbl]

38. Huge waste of money and resources

[Initech]

39. You know what doesn't belong in the United States, MAGA? This fascist bullshit!

Fuck Donny and his stupid parade!

[IronLionZion]

40. Very Putinesque

like something out of Russia, China, North Korea, Saddam Hussein's Iraq, etc. not the USA

[Dem4life1970]

43. Unlike everything else he has done since Jan. 20, 2025

....THIS will definitely lower prices for ordinary Americans. This is what his voters voted for....

[HPM]

45. Shameful waste of taxpayer dollars.

WTF is it with Trump’s narcissistic ego that he needs a giant stupid military parade to massage it? The $$ would be better spent committing him to an institution for the criminally insane where he belongs.

[johnnyfins]

46. Will Kristi Noem

Be riding on the lead tank in a red white and blue bikini?

[LiberalLovinLug]

49. Bets on Trump, the draft dodger, donning a military outfit?

I think he will. Complete with all kinds of shiny medals

[alfredotomato]

48. Remember what happened to Sadat

a this military parade

[LetMyPeopleVote]

70. Welcome to DU

[bdamomma]

50. That stupid

fuck thinks he's Kim Jong Un. He needs a strait jacket, he is a threat to all of us.

[Straw Man]

51. Bread and fucking circuses ...

... except without the bread.

[underpants]

53. This must be a big building. The videos I've seen are companies of Tanks and (Troops) of Bradley's

Soldiers and their equipment will be housed in a Department of Agriculture building and a warehouse owned by the General Service Administration. Chow will consist of two MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) and one hot meal per day.

One hot and a cot.

[doc03]

55. If Trump imposes Martial Law the military is in place. nt

[COL Mustard]

57. It'll be interesting to see how the vehicles get

From The Pentagon to the parade staging area. Memorial Bridge has a 10-ton weight limit and I know the Abrams tank weighs in at around 70 tons. Bradleys, while lighter, still weigh in at more than 25 tons. I just hope (sincerely) that this doesn't cause a catastrophic accident. I'd hate to see Soldiers injured or worse for this man.

[lees1975]

58. Can some protestors just block the route and stop this thing?

Should be able to put enough people out there to prevent them from clearing the streets.

[Autumn]

59. Fuck Trump and fuck those military brass bastards who kissed his fucking ass.

[tonekat]

61. Are the tanks going to stick around for the Fourth?

You know he'll ruin that too.

[Schmice3]

62. Trojan Horse

After what Trump did today in Los Angeles, I don't believe for a minute that those tanks and troops will be in DC just to celebrate the US Army's birth. Today was a warning. Wait until June 14th. He'll invoke the Insurrection Act.

[TimeToGo]

63. Disgusting

[William769]

64. What a waste of money & fatigue on the roads.

[travelingthrulife]

65. Make sure to get tickets and not show up.

I have tickets for me and my dog Jasmin. I will be in San Diego protesting these monsters.

[trusty elf]

67. My t-Rump derangement syndrome is flaring up.

[mwb970]

69. NO KINGS!!

Let's show him we mean it.