By April Ryan
BlackPress of America
https://blackpressusa.com/
It will rain on President Trump‘s parade on June 14 if most weather forecasts correctly predict the chance of storms.
The 47th president is planning an elaborate and costly celebration for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that coincides with his birthday. When asked if he plans to attend the massive celebration in Washington, D.C. , New York Democratic Congressman Greg Meeks exclaimed,” Heck no!”
He elaborated, saying, “It is clear to me that what Donald J. Trump is trying to do is to emulate Vladimir Putin.” Trump and Putin, the Russian president, are friends. Meeks feels “that’s where he initially got the idea from when he saw the tanks going down the street and how people bow down to Vladimir Putin, how…that authoritarian runs his country where no one questions what he does.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced similar disgust in a June 13 press conference amid the leaders legal battle over Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state to quell protests against the administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown.
“It’s a vulgar display. It’s the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, you see it with Putin, you see it with dictators around the world that are weak … Weakness masquerading as strength….. What an embarrassment,” Newsom said. He added, “That’s about as small as it gets. How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military to fete you on your birthday?… That’s Donald Trump.”
Meanwhile, around the nation, 1,600 protests are scheduled to coincide with what is happening in Washington. Democratic Rep. Al Green confirmed he will attend several “No King Day” protest rallies and marches in his home state of Texas. The congressman questioned the president’s comments about using “force” for anyone trying to stop the parade.
Rev. William Barber plans to be in Philadelphia on June 14. “We are having a rally bringing people together,” the civil rights leader confirmed. The leader of Repairers of the Breach added, “Those rallies are gonna be massive and multiracial of every race, color, creed, religion, geographic area, so this is not a moment. We must have a constant movement.”
Weeks ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser warned the parade, and all its military might and pageantry would cost “many millions of dollars” in repair after the heavy artillery tanks rolled down the historic roads in the nation’s capital.
Tall gates and other barricades around the White House are part of the parade’s security measures. The Secret Service has warned of a high-security presence in the area for the parade. Observers can expect to see military tanks, dozens of other military vehicles, and thousands of service members marching along a route stretching nearly 4 miles from the Pentagon to the White House.
