America Is Finally Getting A Fascist Dictator Parade, Courtesy Of Donald Trump
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Trump has long admired autocrats like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping, and now he is getting an autocrat's parade.
WASHINGTON — After years of admiring autocrats like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping and envying the sort of military parade they get to enjoy, President Donald Trump is finally getting one of his own.
America’s capital city will resemble Pyongyang, Beijing and Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday evening, with tanks and missile launchers rolling down the street, thanks to Trump’s $45 million birthday gift to himself at taxpayer expense.
“I don’t really think the symbolism of tanks and missiles is really what we’re all about,” Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul told HuffPost. “If you ask me about a military parade, all the images that come to mind, the first images, are of the Soviet Union and North Korea.”
Trump and his administration claim that the parade was actually organized for the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, not Trump’s 79th. Both the Navy and the Marines also have founding date anniversaries this year, however, and there has been no discussion about holding $45 million celebrations for either. White House officials did not respond to HuffPost queries on the matter.
Democracy advocates warn that Trump’s use of the military to honor himself should not be downplayed as harmless, particularly given his deployment of thousands of troops in Los Angeles to put down protests against his deportations, his repeated attacks on judges, his use of his executive power to attack critics and his willingness to defy a Supreme Court order for months.
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