June 15, 2025
Trump holds $47 million military parade amid Minnesota tragedy
Authoritarian theater draws 8,000 spectators and hundreds of protesters
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Trump held a $30 million military parade in Washington on Jun. 14, 2025, hours after gunman Vance Boelter assassinated former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife
The parade featured 6,600 troops, 150 vehicles, and 50 aircraft in a 90-minute spectacle that also marked Trump's 79th birthday
Over five million Americans protested in more than 2,100 cities under the No Kings banner opposing the parade as authoritarian theater
Senate Armed Services Chair 
Roger Wicker and other Republicans including Susan Collins and Rand Paul publicly criticized the $30 million cost as wasteful
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Trump in his first term he would rather swallow acid than hold a military parade, calling it what dictators do
The Army's final cost tally was $30 million, with initial estimates ranging up to $47 million when including federal and city security costs
Trump later berated Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth because soldiers appeared to be having a good time instead of looking menacing
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Donald Trump
President of the United States
Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense
Daniel Driscoll
Secretary of the Army
General Randy George
Army Chief of Staff
Dick Durbin
U.S. Senator (D-IL), Senate Democratic Whip
Roger Wicker
U.S. Senator (R-MS), Chair of Senate Armed Services Committee
Susan Collins
U.S. Senator (R-ME), Senate Appropriations Committee
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator (R-KY)
Tim Walz
Governor of Minnesota (DFL)