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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Trump has an extra bonus detail which is he co-opted a planned anniversary parade and made it about himself. He stole the attention from the people who had planned their own celebration back when he wasn't even in office.

He went to someone else's birthday party and made it about his birthday just because they shared the same date.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Was the parade supposed to be about the 250th anniversary of the creation of the army?

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yes

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Which is part of why he’s butthurt it had eras of military technology instead of the classic dictatorship parade of “we moved all of our functional armor here so the oppressed citizens are more fearful about who is oppressing them”

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, "The soldiers were all smiling and waving at the crowd! They were supposed to look fierce and intimidating!"

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah and even better that most of them basically ignored him at the end of the parade. None of them want to be a dictator’s servant

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago

i which way did he make it about himself?

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

A fine list of the people Trump looks up to.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Bold of you to assume he knows who most of them are.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Does the king's "official birthday" count? If so, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trooping_the_Colour

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

In his defence, he's not a world leader but a symbolic figure head and this is a tradition going back a long way, similar to the French parade but they got rid of their king a while back.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, an important distinction is that the king/queen didn't decide to do this, it's a tradition going way back.

[-] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk -2 points 1 week ago

The Norks Kims are world leaders and KC3 isn't? Did I accidentally stumble into a .ml echo chamber?

On looking at the OP's list I was also wondering why Trooping the Colour wasn't on it, as it is a military parade for the (official) birthday of one of the leaders in the G7.

King Charles III is not symbolic; he is the ruler of the UK and the Commonwealth. He refers to Parliament as "my government" in his speeches and no new laws can be passed without his approval (Royal assent). He is the head of the military and the Church. So referring to Charles as a symbolic figurehead is factually inaccurate. Deferring power to Parliament doesn't change that. Taking it up again may cause a constitutional crisis, but I believe it is an option.

This seems like a fairly reliable source, on the grounds that although it's "only" a blog, solicitors aren't known for posting misinformation. https://www.milnerslaw.co.uk/could-king-charles-iii-dissolve-parliament/

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Dissolution of Parliament is a thing that happens every time an election is called. It’s not about taking control of Parliament, as an election must be held, and Parliament retains its dual sovereignty.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

I feel like this should also count as a military parade cause all other descriptors I have for it are more embarrassing

[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago

It's not so much a show of force as an excuse to march in silly hats. There's a lot of legitimate flack we can take but this is just being goofy

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The hats were made famous by a legendary Fr*nch regiment. When that regiment was given a damn good spanking, the British captured the hats, and started wearing them to taunt the Fr*nch.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

List of callow removed boys

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They're the same picture.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Didn't this all start with the French

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trump liked the French parade apparently.

Trump had long dreamt of a big military parade. During his first term, he was left feeling envious after watching a Bastille Day parade in France in 2017. “We’re going to have to try and top it,” Trump told France’s President Macron a few months after the event.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reamed-out-hegseth-for-flop-birthday-parade-author/

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

“We’re going to have to try and top it”

Narrator: "He didn't."

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