Weather, war and protests threaten to rain on Trump’s military parade

Nationwide protests are planned to protest Trump on Saturday, and the Army parade comes after the U.S. began providing aid to Israel in shooting down Iranian missiles.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's military parade here on Saturday — a celebration of the Army's 250th birthday that happens to coincide with the commander in chief's 79th birthday — comes at a time when American forces are supporting domestic deportation efforts and Israel's defense against Iranian missiles.

The first such parade since Washington welcomed victorious U.S. troops home from the Gulf War in 1991 — and an echo of similar extravaganzas following the Civil War and World Wars I and II — Saturday's affair will feature more than 6,000 troops, a procession of various types of armored vehicles alongside the National Mall on Constitution Avenue, and dozens of military aircraft cruising overhead.

Trump, who relishes pomp, will have his own reviewing stand.

But he runs the risk, literally and metaphorically, of watching rain drench his parade. Weather forecasts show a significant chance of precipitation and the possibility of evening thunderstorms. More substantively, the demonstrative show of American force will play out against the backdrop of Trump's inability to leverage U.S. power to fulfill campaign promises to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

In a twist of timing, the long-planned exercises come the day after the U.S. began providing aid to Israel in shooting down Iranian missiles, and days after Trump deployed National Guard and Marine troops to Southern California to quell protests against immigration raids.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/weather-war-protests-threaten-rain-trump-military-parade-rcna212327


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