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Donald Trump wanted a big patriotic spectacle: All he got was a damp firecracker

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Trump yearned for a show along the lines of North Korea or the Soviet Union. Mercifully, America doesn’t do that

 

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https://www.salon.com/2019/07/05/donald-trump-wanted-a-big-patriotic-spectacle-all-he-got-was-a-damp-firecracker/
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
JULY 5, 2019 12:00PM (UTC)
One of the more insignificant myths of the Donald Trump presidency is the one that claims he was inspired to order a magnificent military parade in Washington after viewing the Bastille Day celebration in France in 2017. It’s true that Trump was excited by that parade was very excited by it and started making plans for a D.C. version on his way to the airport in Paris. But Trump had wanted the big tanks and marching soldiers and flyovers well before that.

According to the Huffington Post, he had requested a full-dress military parade for his inauguration and was told it couldn’t be done because of the infrastructure in D.C. He explained to the Washington Post around…

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