Reports like this one have sparked a lot of debate this week:
Exclusive: At Trump’s direction, Pentagon is planning large-scale military parade inspired by France's Bastille Day celebration https://t.co/odLVTjNskj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 6, 2018
One activist and Green Party Senate candidate announced this intention to oppose any military parade that might take place:
https://twitter.com/ArnMenconi/status/961155481883545600
We now have nearly 50 Americans who have signed on to lay in front of the tanks if Trump brings out a Military parade. We are not an empire drifting towards extinction. Will you join us? Here's the call to action video https://t.co/gqxAoGJmAf
#TrumpParade #militaryparade— Arn Menconi (@ArnMenconi) February 7, 2018
Um, really?
Tienanmen wasn't a military parade. They brought in tanks to crush a protest. https://t.co/JhnA65Gixv
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) February 7, 2018
Yeah, well there’s that little difference. Simply staggering.
This is a picture of Communist China’s Tiananmen Square. Do you know the difference between a military parade and a military assault on your own people? Please tell me you know the difference between a military parade and a military assault on your own people. https://t.co/wnwHe32AQB
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) February 7, 2018
The military represents the country not @realDonaldTrump
How dare you compare the proposed military parade to Tiananmen Square, those American soldiers stand for values resolutely in opposition to that of the troops who represented the Chinese Communist Party on that fateful day— Edward Szall (@realEdwardSzall) February 7, 2018
13 Leftists will go to jail long before the head of the parade reaches them. Check. https://t.co/e2tRsru7st
— Pissed Pat (@Pissed_Pat) February 7, 2018
A military authoritarian state like France? That is where he got the idea from ? https://t.co/1LiGkpOOLa
— Persnickety (@Dawnsfire) February 7, 2018
This is what happens when you stop teaching history. https://t.co/Xl1oF18zrX
— That's LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Crapplefratz! (@Crapplefratz) February 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/961280938318626817
Sometimes we think Trump says these things just to make smoke come out of the ears of The Resistance.