Is Trump’s “Salute to America” Parade Such a Bad Idea?
Trump is sparing no expense for his “Salute to America” Fourth of July Parade set to be held on Thursday. Democrats see the whole affair, which will feature rolling tanks and a flyover from military jets, as an embarrassment – but does a Fourth of July Parade have to be a partisan issue?
…if he really wanted to salute America, he’d spend some of this money on the infrastructure, health care and educational needs of our citizens … not on some vainglorious display of military might.
This is out-and-out banana republic authoritarian performance art. That it also is obviously a multimillion-dollar exercise in low comedy is sadly beside the point. It should be mocked, relentlessly and everywhere, by every American who still has a sense of dignity and a vague memory of what an actual celebration of patriotism feels like.
People on the left hates our president so much that they are willing to just put a negative spin on anything. How many times have you seen a flyover and an athletic event? Everybody loves them except for when President Trump is the one proposing them.