Trump Parade Displays Military Power Amid National Protests
Military vehicles drive past a review stand during the US Army's 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, DC, on June 14.
Photographer: Kent Nishimura/BloombergPresident Donald Trump’s military parade kicked off in Washington with a 21-gun salute, tanks and troops, as well as helicopters and parachutists, as protesters in hundreds of US cities demonstrated against his use of executive power.
Trump, who was serenaded by the crowd for his 79th birthday, was the driving force behind the parade down Washington’s Constitution Avenue — which runs behind the White House — that includes a muscular exhibition of 6,600 soldiers, Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and helicopters. The Army marked its 250th anniversary with a companion all-day event on the National Mall.