The military parade in DC will coincide with several “no Kings” protests aimed at pushing back against President Donald Trump’s seemingly authoritarian actions during his second term in the Oval Office. NEWS Mataeo Smith 18:41 ET, 14 Jun 2025 A former US Navy veteran said President Donald Trump’s “stupid” military parade birthday bash is reminiscent of “Nazi Germany” as he slammed the White House’s egregious cuts to the US Department of Veterans Affairs and its unnecessary deployment of the National Guard and Marines to the immigration protests in Los Angeles. President Trump is holding a grand military parade on Saturday, which coincides with his 79th birthday, on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. Micheal Embrich, the former policy adviser to secretary for the VA, said: “[The Trump Administration] is wasting all this money on this stupid military parade.”

via mirror US: Former US Navy vet slams Trump’s ‘stupid’ $45M birthday parade as ‘Nazi Germany’ stunt