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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe internet is all a-buzz this morning about a military parade that President Trump ordered last year after he watched one in Paris on the Champs d’Elysee to commemorate Bastille Day. The Washington Post<\/a> says that the event may be Trump’s “biggest troll yet”. The date for the parade isn’t locked down yet, the Pentagon prefers a Veterans’ Day event this year so that they can bill it as a 100-year commemoration of the end of World War I.<\/p>\n But Trump’s hand in making this a reality, in a way, can’t help but make it about him. In fact, this might be the most thoroughly Trump idea of his presidency. Not only are we talking about a huge show of pageantry and strength that could test the bounds of practicality (not to mention the federal budget), but we’ve also got Trump upending decades of American political tradition to do so \u2014 and undoubtedly drawing the ire of opponents who will allege he’s acting like an authoritarian.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Of course, my feels go out to the troops. Having been enlisted, it wasn’t often that I avoided much military pageantry during my decades of service. The media is concerned about the cost to bring this all together, but I’m more concerned about the personnel who will be involved in the starch and polish.<\/p>\n The Post<\/a> and Yahoo News<\/a> can’t help but draw parallels between Trump’s and North Korea’s military pageantry. They forget that the US isn’t showing it’s military might to cow it’s own citizens.<\/p>\n Thanks to Chief Tango for the links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"