Stage is set and tanks are arriving to celebrate Army's 250th anniversary on Trump's birthday
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.”
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/07/tanks-arrive-army-trump-birthday-parade/84093080007/
Waste, fraud, abuse.

Irish_Dem
(72,738 posts)They have sold their souls to the fascist devil.
Walleye
(41,549 posts)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
(72,738 posts)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
(41,549 posts)They think inhumanity has become their duty
Irish_Dem
(72,738 posts)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
(13,016 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,108 posts)Irish_Dem
(72,738 posts)bdamomma
(68,901 posts)are the inhumane treasonous POS. This will not end well for any of us. Stand strong.
Walleye
(41,549 posts)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
(239,698 posts)And his father said he'd disown him.
Walleye
(41,549 posts)Bengus81
(9,079 posts)for airlines. That family is so fucked up there's no repairing it.
sop
(15,324 posts)Walleye
(41,549 posts)COL Mustard
(7,528 posts)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
(3,324 posts)He wants to show his "power".
Or worse, set up a garrison. Let's see who leaves after the festivities.
alfredo
(60,196 posts)thought crime
(553 posts)wants his military style parade like Kim Jong Un.
Onthefly
(984 posts)The mad king and his minions will be glorifying death and destruction. We will resist this inhumanity. No Kings! No Tyranny!
sop
(15,324 posts)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
(2,782 posts)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
(2,782 posts). . . 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
(11,669 posts)POS
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)Trump or Putin can get a boner at their age.........LOL
mountain grammy
(28,045 posts)Javaman
(64,309 posts)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
(13,003 posts)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
(64,309 posts)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
(13,003 posts)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
(12,316 posts)Heavy rain all day.
orleans
(36,287 posts)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
(65,654 posts)NEOBuckeye
(2,889 posts)TheBadWolf
(60 posts)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
(246 posts)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
(3,440 posts)...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
(14,620 posts)Everyone would watch. Trump lives for attention.
Bayard
(26,152 posts)Just play with his little toy soldiers, and leave the country alone.
twodogsbarking
(14,620 posts)Initech
(105,765 posts)Fuck Donny dictator!
WestMichRad
(2,428 posts)Idiots.
CountAllVotes
(21,919 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 8, 2025, 03:20 PM - Edit history (1)
n/t
Hotler
(13,364 posts)the ring of fascism.
SWBTATTReg
(25,527 posts)to happen.
William Gustafson
(471 posts)mdbl
(7,024 posts)Initech
(105,765 posts)Fuck Donny and his stupid parade!
IronLionZion
(49,513 posts)like something out of Russia, China, North Korea, Saddam Hussein's Iraq, etc. not the USA
Dem4life1970
(944 posts)....THIS will definitely lower prices for ordinary Americans. This is what his voters voted for....
HPM
(24 posts)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
(2,520 posts)Be riding on the lead tank in a red white and blue bikini?
LiberalLovinLug
(14,483 posts)I think he will. Complete with all kinds of shiny medals
alfredotomato
(1 post)a this military parade
LetMyPeopleVote
(166,964 posts)bdamomma
(68,901 posts)fuck thinks he's Kim Jong Un. He needs a strait jacket, he is a threat to all of us.
Straw Man
(6,891 posts)... except without the bread.
underpants
(191,721 posts)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
(38,179 posts)COL Mustard
(7,528 posts)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
(6,716 posts)Should be able to put enough people out there to prevent them from clearing the streets.
Autumn
(48,184 posts)tonekat
(2,293 posts)You know he'll ruin that too.
Schmice3
(302 posts)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
(1,428 posts)William769
(59,147 posts)
travelingthrulife
(2,944 posts)I have tickets for me and my dog Jasmin. I will be in San Diego protesting these monsters.
trusty elf
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mwb970
(11,889 posts)Let's show him we mean it.