Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, gave the coup of the great military parade that he dreamed this Saturday, June 14 in Washington, when the day was marked by demonstrations of the opponents throughout the country and the murder of the elected one in Minnesota.
The US president, who celebrated his 79th birthday on Saturday, arrived shortly after 6 pm local time in the gallery to attend the parade that brought together almost 7,000 soldiers and about 150 military vehicles, overwhelmed by dozens of’vions and d’d’Alicopteros.
All smiles, was received by the songs “Use! USA!”, And by 21 gunshots. L’Emore Americano was sung before the beginning of the parade, with fanfare and soldiers in the outfit of different eras.
The US president, sitting near Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, not far from government members, is raised several times to greet the military when the troops pass.
An enthusiasm measured
The White House has advanced the figure of 250,000 spectators. But despite the parade of armored vehicles and tanks’asalto, he showed the multitude of measured enthusiasm, found journalists from the’afp. “I am here because I am a fan of the president and also because I support the army,” said Oscar Williamson, a 17 -year high school student at the New York High School, under his red cap “Make America Great Again.”
The young man says he supports the republican’s migration policy: “We welcomed too many migrants, this is good for the economy and there are security problems,” he said.
“I do not support Trump, I will not vote for him and in the policy, I have always been a democratic but I am a good military parade, J’le likes a good aerial show,” said his father, Paul Hagenloch, professor of ‘History at L’Empíro de Syracuse, disappointed not to see the B-2 bomber of the last generation.
This demonstration of strength is unusual in the United States, where the last military parade of due dates until 1991, after the Gulf War. And if this event officially celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Army, the fact that it is carried out on the 79th year of Donald Trump, is particularly significant, while the Republican continues to exceed the limits of presidential power.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the streets
The day had begun under sad auspices in the United States, where Melissa Hortman, 55, chosen from Minnesota and her husband were killed at home on Saturday morning. A “deliberate act of political violence,” denounced Tim Walz, governor of this northern state. Another chosen democrat and his wife were also seriously injured in their homes. The suspect, a 57 -year -old white man, considered “armed and dangerous”, is still actively sought.
The country was also the theater on Saturday hundreds of demonstrations called “no kings” to protest against ‘authoritarianism “of Donald Trump and” the militarization of our democracy. “
If thousands of spectators were expected in the military parade, in the quantified budget at $ 45 million, the protest movement of “No Reyes” points to the most important from the return to the power of Donald Trump “. Throughout the country, hundreds of thousands of Donald Trump’s opponents went to the streets.
Thus, in New York, tens of thousands of people gathered on the 5th Avenue despite the rain, in a good annihilated atmosphere.
“It is essential for us to demonstrate that democracy is still strong in this country, that people feel it. We also want to show our children that when we think of this period of history where democracy was threatened, we have chosen to participate,” said Vikas Mehta, a 45 -year -old doctor who came to demonstrate with his wife and two children.
“What is happening with this government is very worrying. The attacks against immigrants and science in particular,” said Sarah Hargrave, the forties that came to demonstrate in the suburbs of Washington, in Bethesda.
In Salt Lake City (west), shots during a demonstration that brings together about 10,000 people made an injured person, according to the police, who arrested a suspect.
In Los Angeles, after demonstrations against brutal arrests of immigrants, the thousands of protesters paraded under the gaze of the soldiers sent by Donald Trump to try to undergo violence. The members of the National Guard, who monitors certain buildings, were hooked by the procession, but not responded.
Source: BFM TV
