A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which is used at the 250th birthday party and parade of the US Army, can be seen on June 11, 2025 near the US capitol in Washington, DC, USA.
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Washington thousands of troops will be relegated to Washington, DC, accompanied by dozens of tanks and helicopters, as President Donald Trump, a top-class spectacle for the 250th anniversary of the army.
Trump, whose 79th birthday falls on the same day, has long pushed on a military parade in the capital of the nation – an idea that was depressed by Pentagon officials during his first term.
With the full control of the government and an administration stacked with loyalists, Trump receives the grandiose show of the violence that he has always imagined, even if it draws critics.
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It is one of the most strong examples that Trump has bang his role as commander -in -chief since taking office.
Light Equipment Transporters of the US Army, Stryker -armored vehicles, Hemtt A4 -fuel maintenance car and other devices arrive via the rail to take part in the 250th birthday parade in Washington DC, USA, June 8, 2025.
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While the celebrations in Washington develop, some of Trump's opponents will gather as part of the demonstrations “No Kings Day” across the country to protest the policy of Trump administration.
According to the event's website, protests in the United States are planned in almost 2,000 cities in the USA.
It will be a lively split screen and against the background of the ongoing tensions in Los Angeles who have escalated since Trump used the National Guard to suppress protests on guidelines for enforcing immigration.
In a strong warning, Trump said at the beginning of this week that all DC demonstrators will have met with “very great strength”.
Security officers said they had no widespread counter -protests in DC, but they monitor possible activities.
The parade also takes place in the middle of the escalation of tensions in the Middle East after Israel's attacks on the nuclear sites of the Iranian nuclear and the Iranian retaliation attacks attack.
During the day, military demonstrations and a wreath will be on the grave of the unknown soldier.
The parade will contain thousands of soldiers and dozens of tanks – and there will be a fireworks show at night.
People are waiting for the beginning of a military parade to remember the 250th birthday of the US Army in Washington, DC, USA, June 14, 2025.
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It could be the largest military parade in Washington, DC since 1991 when President George HW Bush held a military parade at the end of the Gulf War.
“There will be the city center of Moscow or the city center of Beijing-Vibes, it will feel like a whole, authoritarian, communist country,” the Republican strategist of Arizona, Barrett Marson, told CNBC.
A special sticking point for critics of the event, including some Republicans, is the high price.
Overall, according to a spokesman for the army, the event could cost up to 45 million US dollars.
Senator John Kennedy, R-La., Said that he would not spend the money on the event if he had it, reports NBC News.
According to a survey by the Associated Press Norc Center for Public Affairs, most US people usually agree that 60% of the adults surveyed agreed that the military parade is not good use of government funds.
Soldiers of the US Army work on a selection of M1 Alpha A3 Abrams tanks, Stryker -covered vehicles and M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles in West Potomac Park on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC, on the Potomac River.
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But for Trump, the costs are “peanuts compared to the value to do this,” he said in an interview with NBCS “Meet the Press” last month.
“We have the biggest rockets in the world. We have the largest U -boats in the world. We have the largest army tanks in the world. We have the world's biggest weapons,” Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker.
“And we will celebrate it.”
This is a developing story and is updated all day.
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