Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 06/06/25

I wonder why the marching at his parade was so shambolic? We used to do a better job of marching when I was in the Girl Guides many decades ago. Marching may not be high priority in the US army but any one could do better than the casual stroll they were doing, they could not even stand up straight.

Why were they not instructed to salute or even acknowledge their President as they passed the reviewing stand?

Was it apathy, was it the normal state of the army, or were they making a statement?

What Krasnov got for his birthday was 3.5% of the population protesting against him.

The “3.5% rule” refers to the claim that no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their population mobilized against
it during a peak event.

Here's hoping the rule is confirmed in Russia's most recently acquired puppet state.

I've attended events in the past with the US military and tbh their drill has always been less than perfect.

I remember years ago at the UN school in the curragh a visiting American officer put it down to the difference in pageantry and display between European militaries with their history and the Americans who didn't have that.

I watched some of the parade and yeah, it didn't have the "snap" you'd see on Bastille Day or Trooping the colours, but they are also very different events.

Normally it's whoever is leading the body of troops who salutes and everyone else turns their head to whoever is taking the salute unless America does it different but I haven't watched any videos of that bit

Those numbskulls deserve everything they get. Voting off the back of macho bullshit from Dana White and Joe Rogan despite knowing damn well Trump was a racist POS and how he treated Mexicans and those of Latin heritage first time out. Same for all the young black men who voted for him. Idiotic beyond belief.

It does seem awfully like a statement. I remember from St. Patrick's Day parades in the 80s that even the part-time soldiers of the FCA looked very competent at marching. I can't help thinking that if the members of the US military couldn't manage a smart march-past, it was because they didn't want to.

The tick tock nature of American politics is mental.

If Jesus Christ could be president of the US and was having trouble keeping the price of petrol down (because even Jesus can only work so many miracles), Americans would vote in Satan if Satan were the opposing candidate.

The great absurdity of their two party system is that Trump was able to seriously position himself as a 'change' candidate and had people saying "let's give him a chance..." as if he was some kind of unknown quantity when he was literally the most known quantity of all time.

So, yeah, the people who we fully knew he'd victimise but still voted for him do deserve everything they get. It's the only way they'll learn, although they won't...

Kind of like the idiots here who keep voting FF/FG.

Oh, those cities are the problem?

Why not mention Texas, or Florida?

Any guesses?

Has the penny dropped with any of his fans here that all he cares about is stirring up sh1t in democratic states so he can justify sending in the national guard in those states and f**k with the midterm election?

PS - "transgender for everybody" - he is such a f**king bully.

His "Big (sponsored by Coinbase), Beautiful (sponsored by Palantir), Military Parade (sponsored by UFC)" ended up being such a dud (sponsored by Karma) and with so much attention going to all the No Kings protests, now he has to try flex his strength and show how powerful he is by taking revenge on the cities where the largest protests were.

Pathetic.

I'm guessing now that if the NYC parties Trump and his pals were as mixed as is reported, the odds of them all being straight or not have at least a few Bi-persons in their midst would be strange. He is known for proclivity.

So soldiers who can drill can't fight?

Would love to introduce you to an old schoolfriend, retired Major in the Scots Guards. He might be able to "explain" why you're wrong.

That's not what I said, but you know that.

Then don't hold a parade. Trump called for this parade. Did nobody think to ask if the military could actually do the job they were being asked to do? It could have been a series of events like the ones at NFL matches (flyovers, etc), but he demanded a parade. And the military failed to deliver. Are you telling me that an army unit cannot be trained in 3 months to march in time?

There seems to be no issue with giving them special training to deal with law enforcement and crowd control, but to get ready for a parade? There are sports clubs and scouts that do a better job on St Patrick's Day.

It was a humiliation. And you know how everyone knows it is seen as a humiliation, apart from the evidence in front of their eyes? Trump has hardly mentioned it. We all know that had this been amazing, he would have been all over Twitter and Truth Social, and his sycophants would have been out telling us that the military is 100% behind their commander in chief and no way they would do that for Sleepy Joe or that evil socialist Kamala