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Trump Criticized Hegseth Over Proposal for Military Parade, Biographer Says
- President Donald Trump criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the military parade in Washington, D.C. last weekend honoring the Army's 250th and Trump's 79th birthdays.
- Trump was displeased because the parade projected a celebratory atmosphere instead of the intimidating military image he had envisioned, and he criticized the soldiers for not maintaining a serious and stern demeanor.
- Thousands of soldiers and tanks marched past sparse crowds on Constitution Avenue amid nationwide "No Kings" protests that drew millions and harsh social media criticism for out‑of‑sync marching.
- Michael Wolff reported that Trump was angry at the parade’s presentation, repeatedly questioning who was responsible for its staging and placing blame on Hegseth, while simultaneously praising the event as a "tremendous success" and boasting to reporters about the absence of rain.
- The parade's uneven execution and lackluster atmosphere resulted in public backlash, reflecting a disconnect between Trump's expectations and the event's reception.
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Maybe next time he can run up and down tossing candy
According to some estimates, fewer people attended Trump’s birthday march than took part in it. In hindsight, it is easy to see that the parade needed more of what Trump would call “pizzazz.” We don’t have any problems getting spectators to our Seafair parades. So maybe Trump should have got the Seafair pirates to join in the parade. A big beautiful Chinese dragon can’t be beat. There should have been high school marching bands, motorcycle drill…
Too little intimidation: Trump criticized his Minister of Defense for the parade. At the same time, people across the country took to the streets against him.
Wolff says Trump angry at Hegseth over parade - Cheung says Wolff is a sack of sh*t
It was a parade, or as Trump first put it, a "perade," that didn't really go the way Trump wanted it. Troops marched out of sync and so there were immediate rumors that all the troops did it to show their displeasure with Trump. Really. All of them? I...
The U.S. President is said not to have been satisfied with the military parade this weekend.
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