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Trump has an extra bonus detail which is he co-opted a planned anniversary parade and made it about himself. He stole the attention from the people who had planned their own celebration back when he wasn't even in office.
He went to someone else's birthday party and made it about his birthday just because they shared the same date.
Was the parade supposed to be about the 250th anniversary of the creation of the army?
Yes
Which is part of why he’s butthurt it had eras of military technology instead of the classic dictatorship parade of “we moved all of our functional armor here so the oppressed citizens are more fearful about who is oppressing them”
Yeah, "The soldiers were all smiling and waving at the crowd! They were supposed to look fierce and intimidating!"
Yeah and even better that most of them basically ignored him at the end of the parade. None of them want to be a dictator’s servant
A fine list of the people Trump looks up to.
Bold of you to assume he knows who most of them are.
Nah, he’s be number one on that list
9 is obviously higher on the list, it's a higher number!
I feel like this should also count as a military parade cause all other descriptors I have for it are more embarrassing
It's not so much a show of force as an excuse to march in silly hats. There's a lot of legitimate flack we can take but this is just being goofy
The hats were made famous by a legendary Fr*nch regiment. When that regiment was given a damn good spanking, the British captured the hats, and started wearing them to taunt the Fr*nch.
Yeah but these are often accompanied by us flying all of our military aircraft over London. I think the analogy holds, even if ours is a bit eccentric.
To be honest, the Queen.
Calling her a world leader is a stretch though.
You underestimate how old of a bag she was and how large the British empire was before it fell. Plus, if the Kim fam is on the list, then she sure as hell belongs there too, as well as mr inbred sausage fingers.
Does the king's "official birthday" count? If so, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trooping_the_Colour
In his defence, he's not a world leader but a symbolic figure head and this is a tradition going back a long way, similar to the French parade but they got rid of their king a while back.
Yeah, an important distinction is that the king/queen didn't decide to do this, it's a tradition going way back.
The Norks Kims are world leaders and KC3 isn't? Did I accidentally stumble into a .ml echo chamber?
On looking at the OP's list I was also wondering why Trooping the Colour wasn't on it, as it is a military parade for the (official) birthday of one of the leaders in the G7.
King Charles III is not symbolic; he is the ruler of the UK and the Commonwealth. He refers to Parliament as "my government" in his speeches and no new laws can be passed without his approval (Royal assent). He is the head of the military and the Church. So referring to Charles as a symbolic figurehead is factually inaccurate. Deferring power to Parliament doesn't change that. Taking it up again may cause a constitutional crisis, but I believe it is an option.
This seems like a fairly reliable source, on the grounds that although it's "only" a blog, solicitors aren't known for posting misinformation. https://www.milnerslaw.co.uk/could-king-charles-iii-dissolve-parliament/
Dissolution of Parliament is a thing that happens every time an election is called. It’s not about taking control of Parliament, as an election must be held, and Parliament retains its dual sovereignty.
Yes, technically this is correct and the legislation has not been repealed. I think it highly unlikely that the king would do anything, and if he did I'm unsure the armed forces would follow him against a legally elected parliament.
Futhermore the king is also head of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; again I find it unlikely that they'd follow him over their govts.
In short there's a bunch of laws that the UK govt. hasn't revoked. Changing unused or unnecessary legislation takes time and there are more important changes to make.
Did Charles go to the G7 summit, or did the prime minister (leader) of the county go?
Of all the leaders who attended the G7 summit, are they all elected officials?
They're the same picture.
Not exactly. Except for numbers 4 and 9, they're all dead.
Absolutely spot on. An illustrious club of similar-minded people. He perfectly fits in. I hope he feels at home...
List of callow removed boys
Didn't this all start with the French
Trump liked the French parade apparently.
Trump had long dreamt of a big military parade. During his first term, he was left feeling envious after watching a Bastille Day parade in France in 2017. “We’re going to have to try and top it,” Trump told France’s President Macron a few months after the event.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reamed-out-hegseth-for-flop-birthday-parade-author/
“We’re going to have to try and top it”
Narrator: "He didn't."