Can the Donald Trump to say greatly about the great parade In Washington, however, protests against his policy composed a strange setting.
In an atmosphere heavy after the local murder of local vibrary last Saturday morning and with the backdrop of hostilities in the Middle East, on the one hand the military parade in Washington’s presence of Donald Trump and on the other the demonstrations, some of which were marked by the country.
The Republican president, who celebrated her 79th year yesterday, watched for about two hours from the platform the parade of about 7,000 members of the Armed Forces and some 150 military vehicles, while dozens of aircraft and helicopters threw in the ether. Officially, the parade took place for the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the US Army. It began with cannibalism and the recoil of the National Anthem.
Donald tramp often applauded the parades, whom he got up to stand up to greet militarily repeatedly.
However, the audience, who watched dozens of armor, among them tanks, showed rather restrained enthusiasm, reported by reporters from the French Agency.
THE White house spoke of 250,000 spectators. In his abnormally brief speech after the parade, the armed leader of the Armed Forces, as he was honored, paid tribute to his soldiers, “heroes and legends”, recalling various battles of the past.
‘We are the best country in the world and our country will be much more important and strong than ever before“, Said Donald Trump.
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He also said that any other country She is celebrating her “wins” and “it was time for America to do.” The event ended with a small concert and fireworks at the Washington Monument.
The budget for the military parade and events officially announced was $ 45 million.
“I’m here because he is a supporter of the president and army supporter,” said Oscar Williamson, a 17 -year -old high school student, originally from New York, Wearing a red hat with the slogan “Make America Great Again”. The young man did not hide that he also supports the President’s anti -immigration policy: “We have too many immigrants” and “this is not good for the economy”, while “we have security problems,” he justified.
“I don’t support Trump, I never voted for him and I don’t like his policy, I’m democratic, but I like a nice military parade, I like a nice air show,” said Paul Hangeloch, the father of the young man, professor of history.
The power demonstrations of the species are extremely unusual in the US, where the previous major military parade was held in 1991, after the Gulf War. And, despite the official reason, many thought that yesterday’s parade was made for Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, as the Republican does not stop pushing the president’s powers to their limits.
The day began with ugly omen in the US. Melissa Hortman, a 55 -year -old Democratic Democratic Parliament in Minnesota, was assassinated with her husband by an armed man. It was a “deliberate energy of political violence”, according to Tim Walles, the Democratic Governor of the State of the North. Another democratic, local senator, was injured by fire with his wife.
A manhunt is under way to identify the 57 -year -old suspect, which is described as “armed and dangerous” by the authorities.
At the same time, many cities across the country were converted into a theater of mass mobilizations under the general slogan “No Kings” (“we do not want kings”, in free performance) against Donald Trump’s “authoritarianism” and the “militarization of our democracy”.
According to ACLU, an influential organization of defense of individual and political freedoms, over 5 million Americans participated in 2,100 protest events in all the US.
In New York, Tens of thousands of people gathered on the 5th Avenue defying the rain, In a celebration atmosphere.
In Los Angeles – the most episode theater, in the context of mobilizations against raids to arrest irregular immigrants, in which the head of state reacted by developing thousands And they became the target of loud disapproval, without reacting.