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5 days ago
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Donald Trump Claims ‘Flop' Military Parade Was a ‘Tremendous Success'
President Donald Trump deemed his multimillion dollar military birthday parade a 'tremendous success' Sunday, despite it being dwarfed by the thousands protesting against his presidency on the same day. While speaking to reporters on his way to Canada for the G7 summit, Trump briefly reflected on the eight-block parade that celebrated the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary Saturday—and also coincided with his 79th birthday—and had nothing but praise to sing. 'Last night was a tremendous success with a fantastic audience,' Trump told reporters. 'It was supposed to rain, they gave it a 100% chance of rain and it didn't rain at all. It was beautiful.' 'And so I asked, if they gave it a 100% chance, right? 100% it was going to rain like crazy—and it didn't rain at all—how do they predict 100 years out? And 50 years out or 200 years out?' he continued. 'They didn't do too well the weather people last night, but it was beautiful.' Although an exact number of attendees has yet to be released, crowd figures were considerably lower than the 250,000-plus total White House Communications Director Steven Cheung touted on X Saturday, according to MSNBC and the Associated Press. 'Just the eye of any individual who is here on the ground or looking at images or video knows that there were not 250,000 people,' reporter Vaughn Hillyard, who was at the scene, told the hosts of MSNBC's The Weekend on Sunday. Footage from the event also showed sparse crowds, with the overall size arguably being comparably smaller to the thousands who marched in the 'No Kings' demonstrations across the country on the same day. Data journalist G. Elliot Morris estimated that 'roughly 4-6m people' joined the 2,000-plus 'No Kings' demonstrations, which protested against Trump's policies, potentially making it one of the largest demonstrations in U.S. history. A few days prior to Trump's parade, the National Weather Service had predicted rainfall with a possibility of thunderstorms in Washington D.C. The parade's itinerary even kicked off around 30 minutes earlier than planned in anticipation of the rain, however a light drizzle ensued instead. 84 military vehicles and over 6,000 soldiers marched through the parade to celebrate the Army's history, per ABC News. 'Today we commemorate a date that did not just change America's history but the history of the entire world,' Trump said of the military's anniversary Saturday. 'It has done so much and set the devil himself flying into full retreat.' Joining the president in the stands was First Lady Melania Trump along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, and Second Lady Usha Vance.
Int'l Business Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Trump Insists Military Parade Was a 'Tremendous Success' Despite Millions More Attending 'No Kings' Protests
President Donald Trump reiterated the success of his military parade, which coincided with his birthday last weekend, despite the fact that the event was overshadowed by protests denouncing his administration across the nation. Trump paused to speak to journalists Sunday while en route Canada for the G7 summit, commenting on the parade held to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. "Last night was a tremendous success with a fantastic audience," Trump told reporters. "It was supposed to rain, they gave it a 100% chance of rain and it didn't rain at all. It was beautiful." The parade, which was held on June 14, coincided with the president's birthday. "And so I asked, if they gave it a 100% chance, right? 100% it was going to rain like crazy—and it didn't rain at all—how do they predict 100 years out? And 50 years out or 200 years out?" he continued. "They didn't do too well the weather people last night, but it was beautiful." "Amazing. Despite the threat of rain, over 250,000 patriots showed up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the @USArmy. God Bless the USA!" said White House Communications Director Steven Cheung after the parade began. However, while accurate attendee numbers are yet to be released, many believe that the actual crowd size was much smaller than what Cheung and other White House officials have alleged it was. "Just the eye of any individual who is here on the ground or looking at images or video knows that there were not 250,000 people," reporter Vaughn Hillyard, who attended the parade, told the hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend" on Sunday. The parade's overall attendance was much smaller than the nationwide "No Kings" protests, which were explicitly anti-Trump. The demonstrations garnered an estimated attendance of 4 to 6 million, according to data journalist G. Elliot Morris, making them potentially some of the largest demonstrations in US history. "Based on hundreds of crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6m people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels," Morris said on X. Originally published on Latin Times
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Trump Lackey Torn Apart for Wild Claim of Giant Parade Crowd
President Donald Trump's director of communications has prompted ridicule with spurious claims over the size of the crowd at a Washington, D.C. military parade. 'Amazing. Despite the threat of rain, over 250,000 patriots showed up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the @USArmy,' Steven Cheung posted to X on Saturday night. 'God Bless the USA!' MSNBC was quick to pour water on the claim. 'That's just not accurate, that's not even close to accurate,' reporter Vaughn Hillyard, who was present at the event, told hosts of MSNBC's The Weekend on Sunday. 'Just the eye of any individual who is here on the ground or looking at images or video knows that there were not 250,000 people, but that can be the White House's position here,' he added. Users on X eviscerated Cheung in the comments section and in reposts of his original claim. Many of them compared him to former Trump Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who was called out in 2017 for grossly inflating the number of people who'd attended the president's first inauguration. 'Steven Cheung in his 'Sean Spicer' moment declared FALSELY 250K people attended Trump's vanity parade yesterday!!' one user put it. 'The lying and delusion from this Trump administration never stops!!' 'Steven Cheung has no concept of the principles of empirical induction predicated from proven observation,' another chimed in. 'Steven Cheung has no ability to use inference from established facticity. Steven Cheung is a deluded fantasist with no concept of actual reality.' A third person simply wrote: 'Trump's nutsackhead is lying again.' A fourth person said: 'Yeah right dude, and Steven Cheung is skinny too.' 'The sad spin starts,' as another described it. 'The highest reasonable total is only 10-20K attending.' Even Grok, X's in-house AI factchecking tool, found it hard to wrangle any logic from Cheung's post. 'Claims of over 250,000 attendees at the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2025, appear exaggerated,' the program responded to a tag in the comments. 'Official permits allowed for up to 200,000 for the parade and 50,000 for the festival, but news reports suggest actual attendance was lower than expected,' it went on. 'No official figures confirm the 250,000 claim, and sources like PBS and KTLA indicate turnout fell short of 200,000. Exact numbers remain unverified as of now.' The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
'Sh** show': 'No Kings Protest' crowd outshadows Trump's $45 million lavish military parade
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump held a hideously expensive military parade in Washington, D.C., on his birthday. Social media mocked Trump's military parade, marking the 250th anniversary of the US Army. The footage showed the American troops marching sloppily, without any coordination, in front of a tiny crowd as the president saluted every walking contingent. Even as social media users mocked Trump's military parade, the US President deemed his dollar military birthday parade a 'tremendous success' Sunday, despite it being dwarfed by the thousands protesting against his presidency on the same day. While speaking to reporters on his way to Canada for the G7 summit, Trump heaped praises on the parade. 'Last night was a tremendous success with a fantastic audience,' Trump told reporters. 'It was supposed to rain, they gave it a 100% chance of rain and it didn't rain at all. It was beautiful.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Linda Kozlowski, 67, Shows Off Her Perfect Figure In A New Photo Today's NYC Undo 'And so I asked, if they gave it a 100% chance, right? 100% it was going to rain like crazy—and it didn't rain at all—how do they predict 100 years out? And 50 years out or 200 years out?' he continued. 'They didn't do too well the weather people last night, but it was beautiful.' ALSO READ: Are you on Trump's list? President orders ICE to ramp up deportations in Democratic stronghold cities Live Events Was Trump's military parade a flop? Even though an exact number of attendees has yet to be released, crowd figures were considerably lower than the 250,000-plus total White House Communications Director Steven Cheung touted on X Saturday, according to MSNBC and the Associated Press. 'Just the eye of any individual who is here on the ground or looking at images or video knows that there were not 250,000 people,' reporter Vaughn Hillyard, who was at the scene, told the hosts of MSNBC's The Weekend on Sunday. Footage from the event also showed sparse crowds. The crowd at the Trump's military parade was comparatively smaller to the thousands who marched in the 'No Kings' demonstrations across the country on the same day, reports Daily Beast. Data journalist G. Elliot Morris estimated that 'roughly 4-6m people' joined the 2,000-plus 'No Kings' demonstrations, which protested against Trump's policies, potentially making it one of the largest demonstrations in U.S. history. ALSO READ: Is coffee dangerous for Americans? These three US states asked not to drink caffeine Social media users were not impressed by the celebrations and questioned if the soldiers had willingly decided not to turn up for the event. "This was a sh*t show. Recruits in bootcamp can march in formation better than this," wrote one user, while another added: "Even NCC Cadets in India perform better parade marches than the superpower America." A third commented: "Can't believe how underwhelming all the footage of America's military parade is. 250 year anniversary for the world's biggest military and they get troops trotting along out of sync, isolated tanks rolling through to complete silence, small crowd, no cool displays of precision marching or cool tech, and lame country music to cap it off. Embarrassing." A different user wrote, 'HAHAHA! The crowd for Trump's birthday parade is TINY! They claimed 200,000 people would show up and it doesn't even look like 1,000 showed up. How embarrassing for MAGA! No Kings blew this out of the water!!!' ALSO READ: Pentagon pizza monitor predicted frantic activity ahead of Israel's attack on Iran. What's the truth? No Kings Protest in US Protests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US in a coordinated event titled "No Kings". Lawmakers, union leaders and activists gave speeches in cities including New York, Philadelphia and Houston to crowds waving American flags and placards critical of Trump. Tens of thousands marched peacefully in Philadelphia, where organizers were holding their main event, police said. Philadelphia was chosen as the hub, because "there's an indelible link between Philadelphia and between the freedoms and the ideals that the country was founded upon," said Joel Payne, spokesperson for MoveOn, one of the dozens of groups behind the No Kings protests. Organisers of the 'No Kings' demonstrations said millions had marched in hundreds of events. Governors across the US had urged calm and vowed no tolerance for violence, while some mobilised the National Guard ahead of marchers gathering. The demonstrations come on the heels of the protests over the federal immigration enforcement raids that began last week and Trump ordering the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire.
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7 days ago
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A Test of Presidential Powers
The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump is embroiled in conflicts, facing new tests of his presidential powers and of his willingness to use military force. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the conflict between Israel and Iran—and how it is a test of Trump's influence. Iran likely does not want to draw the United States into war, but Israel might have other incentives. Those, including some on the right, who do not want the Trump administration to become enmeshed in this conflict fear that Benjamin Netanyahu 'launched this wider-scale attack that didn't just target nuclear facilities, but also military personnel and scientists, in part to try and make Iran's response bigger to then draw the U.S. in,' Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent at the The New York Times, said last night. Joining guest moderator and staff writer at The Atlantic, Ashley Parker, to discuss this and more: Eugene Daniels, a senior Washington correspondent and a co-host of The Weekend at MSNBC; Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent at the The New York Times; Matt Viser, the White House bureau chief at The Washington Post; and Nancy Youssef, a national-security correspondent for the The Wall Street Journal. Watch the full episode here. Article originally published at The Atlantic
