Donald Trump will organize a military parade on June 14, his birthday

Donald Trump goes on a “military parade“On June 14, date of the 250 years of the creation of the American army, but also coinciding with its 79^e Birthday, announced, Friday, May 2, a spokesperson for the White House.

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A White House spokesperson confirmed, Friday, May 2, that Donald Trump would organize one “military parade“On June 14, the date marking the 250th anniversary of the creation of the American army and coinciding with the 79^e Birthday of the American president.

The Republican understands by that “pay tribute to American veterans, members of the active armed forces and military history“wrote Anna Kelly on the social network X.

“The biggest and most beautiful military parade in our history“

Activity soldiers as well as students from various US military schools will also participate in this parade, according to the same source. The place is not specified.

“We are going to organize the largest and most beautiful military parade in our history“Said the Minister of Defense, Pete Hegseth, in Fox News.

The American army (US Army) was founded on June 14, 1775, just over a year before the United States of America declared their independence, on July 4, 1776-on July 4 being today on the day of the National Day in the United States.

Donald Trump promised to score the country’s 250th anniversary next year.

But it was this year that he intends to realize a project already mentioned during his first mandate (2017-2021), that of a military parade. And on a date, therefore, which coincides with his birthday.

The American president had greatly appreciated the show offered by the parade of July 14 in Paris, to which his French counterpart had invited him, Emmanuel Macron, in 2017.

But his desire to organize a parade in Washington had so far never materialized, the Pentagon having underlined the potentially staggering cost of such an event, not to mention the concerns about the damage of tank and other heavy military vehicles in the streets of the city.

The last major military parade in the United States was held in 1991 in Washington to celebrate the end of the Gulf War.

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