On his 79th birthday, US President Donald Trump launched the long -awaited military parade he had envisaged for years, while tens of thousands of protesters across the country gathered to condemn him as a dictator. He walked with First Lady Melania Trump on a big stage in front of the White House, while a 21 rifle salute and played the American national anthem. Top 10 points of Trump’s birthday event, while the US Army celebrates 250 years, Trump stood and greeted while tanks were rolled by, aircraft drone above, and nearly 7,000 troops marched through Washington in the largest military parade the United States saw in decades. Singing of “USA! USA!” continued when the Republican arrived a huge stage in front of the White House for the parade that officially marked the 250th birthday of the US Army, but also fell on Trump’s own. 3. The deep political divisions in the United States were highlighted as ‘no kings’ protesters who filled the streets in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Houston and Atlanta. 4. The Republican, now in its second term and the expansion of presidential powers to unprecedented levels, proudly declared his truth social platform that it was a ‘big day for America !!!’ 5. Military parades are typically associated with capitals such as Moscow and Pyongyang rather than Washington, but Trump has spoken his desire for one since his first term. 6. The event was kicked off with a salute of 21 rifles, followed by the dramatic arrival of the army’s Golden Knights loining team, which descended from the air to submit a flag to Trump. 7. Before the stage where Trump sat, two massive Abrams tanks were placed. 8. Thousands met in Los Angeles to protest Trump’s deployment of troops in the second largest city of the country, to unrest caused by immigration attacks. Meanwhile, some protesters collected their protests on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and a small group even in Paris. 9. What do protesters say? Lindsay Ross, a 28-year-old musician, said, “I think people are angry like hell.” “I think it’s disgusting,” protester Sarah Hargrave, 42, said in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, named Trump’s march as a ‘display of authoritarianism’. 10. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom, who criticized Trump for sending to Los Angeles without his approval, described a ‘vulgar display of weakness’. (With input of AFP)
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