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highplainsdem

(58,330 posts)
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:36 PM Jun 2025

Trump's birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

Source: The Times (UK)

President Trump’s plans to hold a military parade in Washington on his 79th birthday this Saturday are in doubt as officials consider cancelling the event due to a thunderstorm warning.

Steve Warren, chief spokesman of the US army, which is celebrating its 250th anniversary, told The Times: “Rain won’t stop us, the tanks don’t melt, but if there’s lightning then that puts the crowd at risk … they will disperse the crowd and even cancel or postpone the parade. It will depend on the president, too, when he’s available.”

The army has planned a day of festivities in Washington to celebrate the anniversary, culminating in a parade at 6.30pm featuring 6,600 soldiers, dozens of tanks and an astronaut tuning in from space.

A slow-moving front is forecast to move into the city from the north. Thunderstorms are most likely in the later afternoon and into the evening, when the parade would begin.

-snip-

Read more: https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z

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Trump's birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms (Original Post) highplainsdem Jun 2025 OP
Zeus is angry DBoon Jun 2025 #1
Even Thor hates him! Bayard Jun 2025 #4
By Jove! tanyev Jun 2025 #36
WOW! IT WORKED... homegirl Jun 2025 #73
plays a few opening riffs of the opening fanfare of the flying dutchman AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #119
From the north! ArizonaLib Jun 2025 #125
Mother Nature has only gotten started! n/t AntiFascist Jun 2025 #94
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature! Mme. Defarge Jun 2025 #127
Dreams..... JMCKUSICK Jun 2025 #2
Hold the parade/Birthday Party indoors at the White people's White House magicarpet Jun 2025 #101
Is he dead yet ? magicarpet Jun 2025 #103
They are afraid a lightening bolt from Heaven will strike. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #3
Change "they" to "we" and "afraid" to "praying." FSogol Jun 2025 #5
I think some of them saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark"... Moostache Jun 2025 #28
I think Pam Bondi's face already looks like she has been in that scene. jls4561 Jun 2025 #117
So it might quite literally rain on his parade! Dulcinea Jun 2025 #78
Taco Brice forgotmylogin Jun 2025 #121
The clutch of this memo is republianmushroom Jun 2025 #6
He doesn't do rain because hair BonnieJW Jun 2025 #7
He is going to need some heavy duty hair spray. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #85
Ship in tons of bottles of Final Net! slightlv Jun 2025 #122
I think he uses an entire bottle every day. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #123
And still manages to look like shit. 3catwoman3 Jun 2025 #140
And a whole bottle of spray tan. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #141
Oh, brother. hamsterjill Jun 2025 #8
Found on CraigsList DC aggiesal Jun 2025 #108
Wow, I just read who they want...ethnic and people of color... BigmanPigman Jun 2025 #115
I suspect a lot of voodoo dolls are full of pins by now... hlthe2b Jun 2025 #9
Winner!! riversedge Jun 2025 #80
LOL mercuryblues Jun 2025 #82
Here's mine... StarryNite Jun 2025 #88
Ouch. Is that his weenie? rubbersole Jun 2025 #92
Nooo, the cheese puff is much too big for that. StarryNite Jun 2025 #95
Maybe a miniature set of jumper cables??? GopherGal Jun 2025 #136
Or maybe I could just stomp on it. StarryNite Jun 2025 #137
Aw, such a shame. Maybe they could move it inside... Mar-a-Lago? sinkingfeeling Jun 2025 #10
I'd love to see tanks roll onto Mar-a-Lago! Yellowdog-1966 Jun 2025 #76
Hurricane Season is here get the red out Jun 2025 #113
How much will it cost to transport all the personnel and hardware back to where they originated? jls4561 Jun 2025 #11
I think it's likely they stay in the DC area for a while 0rganism Jun 2025 #68
There's a lot of federal property, and federal agents that are bound to be in need of a little protection. Harker Jun 2025 #93
This is going to cost us millions of dollars...whether it happens or not! slightlv Jun 2025 #124
howdi AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #12
Then he'll fire the NWS intrepidity Jun 2025 #20
Just give RUMP a weather map and a sharpie, problem solved William Seger Jun 2025 #74
... catbyte Jun 2025 #13
Yes please... I'll be happy with that outcome! (n/t) Moostache Jun 2025 #30
Perfect! Then the world would celebrate! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #40
Bring on the rain! Snow too! IzzaNuDay Jun 2025 #14
Old Man Yells At Cloud mac56 Jun 2025 #15
Lol, didn't see that coming. 😀 Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #109
First, he will disband the National Weather Service. Next, he will nuke the rainclouds. Midnight Writer Jun 2025 #16
Clickbait from the Times Prairie Gates Jun 2025 #17
"...when he's available?" KatyaR Jun 2025 #18
TACO weather Baitball Blogger Jun 2025 #19
Wouldn't that be sweet. KPN Jun 2025 #21
NO_O_O_O_!!! Don't cancel!! Canada Kid Jun 2025 #22
I thought the same catchnrelease Jun 2025 #89
"Mr. President, give the crowd a thrill - show them your golf swing!!!" colorado_ufo Jun 2025 #91
Like this? Dulcinea Jun 2025 #107
As he holds an umbrella with a metal shaft FakeNoose Jun 2025 #138
P*$$Y-Grabber won't want to get his orange mane wet. . . BigDemVoter Jun 2025 #23
Nit - its a straw yellow mane... the orange is the face paint, but they BOTH run in the rain (some say) (n/t) Moostache Jun 2025 #31
I wonder what that yak fuzz rug looks like wet & windblown? SheltieLover Jun 2025 #38
Well, at least in cloudy weather not fooled Jun 2025 #64
Moses Mike and Eloon need to be included in the handholding, for our own safety! lark Jun 2025 #39
The lord is speaking. mzmolly Jun 2025 #24
Isn't it funny how the RE fundies will claim it's Gods will robbob Jun 2025 #54
Right?! mzmolly Jun 2025 #57
Damn Democrats! moose65 Jun 2025 #25
Im sure the harpy odins folly Jun 2025 #72
I will be praying hard the next two days for the wrath of God to strike him down on 6/14 and ruin kimbutgar Jun 2025 #26
I am an atheist, but I send negative vibes and wishes for his imminent demise DAILY...just in case. Moostache Jun 2025 #32
Canceled or postponed? Ocelot II Jun 2025 #27
I Don't Mind Protesting In the Rain Deep State Witch Jun 2025 #29
Mother Nature bringing the karma Deminpenn Jun 2025 #33
I cannot see TFG cancelling bigworld Jun 2025 #35
Nope, he will not appear in t he rain - never has and never will becuse his ego is too fragile. lark Jun 2025 #42
In this instance it sounds like a plan..MAGA and metal stands...hmmmm. travelingthrulife Jun 2025 #47
Lightning. rzemanfl Jun 2025 #51
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #34
Well then... SheltieLover Jun 2025 #37
DJT IS A SNOWFLAKE! nt Exp Jun 2025 #41
Here we go again with his idea to build a dome over the US, except for California, and Taylor Swift. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #43
I think they should definietly not cancel ToxMarz Jun 2025 #44
We all know the Convicted Felon's biggest weakness: CapnSteve Jun 2025 #45
Trump would never show up in a thunderstorm. It might blow the guinea pig off travelingthrulife Jun 2025 #46
It's a Guinea pig? ChazInAz Jun 2025 #63
Maybe God will smite him. Blue Full Moon Jun 2025 #48
*sad trombone noises* sakabatou Jun 2025 #49
Here ya go..... magicarpet Jun 2025 #105
Can't he just move the storm with a sharpie? Torchlight Jun 2025 #50
Wow! Cool! I remember when the flags in DC were at half-staff for President Carter's funeral OMGWTF Jun 2025 #52
I've got an idea. Gary 50 Jun 2025 #53
Or perhaps lack of a crowd has him rethinking this. I don't care. nt babylonsister Jun 2025 #55
It's the east coast, where summer late afternoon t-storms are the norm, not the exception ms liberty Jun 2025 #56
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #58
Does this mean we will have to MuseRider Jun 2025 #59
Where will he move all that materiel to? stillcool Jun 2025 #61
I bet he'll want to ruin 4th of july Tree Lady Jun 2025 #135
He's afraid of rain Javaman Jun 2025 #60
Why can't he just get out his magic sharpie Demobrat Jun 2025 #62
50 years of being an atheist and I find out there IS a God! generalbetrayus Jun 2025 #65
How jaded am I to think that Trump doesn't care... ananda Jun 2025 #66
SAD! Blue Owl Jun 2025 #67
if you know any fundies... Hieronymus Phact Jun 2025 #69
The parade is not Codifer Jun 2025 #70
Yes - fascist dictator porn ArizonaLib Jun 2025 #128
Just celebrate D00ver66 Jun 2025 #71
It's a Soviet parade. Call it for what it's based on. JHB Jun 2025 #75
Trump WHouse is a cesspool of racist assholes IrishBubbaLiberal Jun 2025 #77
*a sbuffo* deflated. In Behavior and Physical Appearance. sprinkleeninow Jun 2025 #79
Who has their finger on the Jewish Space Lasers? mercuryblues Jun 2025 #81
Soros. rubbersole Jun 2025 #97
Higher powers are sending a message IronLionZion Jun 2025 #83
Trump will order the army to attack the approaching front. LudwigPastorius Jun 2025 #84
I.O.W.s nobody is coming. And that is with them paying people to do so. Botany Jun 2025 #86
Aaawwww that's too bad. Still they incurred all those unnecessary mobilization costs surfered Jun 2025 #87
TACO 🌮 live love laugh Jun 2025 #90
Trump couldn't care less if people were put in danger by lightning strikes Wiz Imp Jun 2025 #96
This is normal weather for Virginia MadameButterfly Jun 2025 #98
It's too cold. It's too wet. Wah! LuvLoogie Jun 2025 #99
Oh please, oh please mcar Jun 2025 #100
Looks like TACO is looking for an exit strategy. flashman13 Jun 2025 #102
He should just move it into the Capitol rotunda like his "inauguration". rubbersole Jun 2025 #104
Bone spurs acting up ? C_U_L8R Jun 2025 #106
Maybe they shouldn't be defunding the NWS and fucking FEMA, then...because there's going to be a lot more extreme and Karasu Jun 2025 #110
Reminiscent of TSF not wanting to get his hair wet at Sneederbunk Jun 2025 #111
This Is Joe Biden's Doing RobinA Jun 2025 #112
oh that's bdamomma Jun 2025 #114
Awww, is the precious snowflake afraid of getting wet? Hekate Jun 2025 #116
That would be nice. Or, even worse for Trump, don't cancel and suffer deaths and injuries to lighting strikes. Martin68 Jun 2025 #118
Seriously? Brainfodder Jun 2025 #120
The National Weather Service is now predicting an 85% chance of rain and thunderstorms during Trump's Vanity Parade LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #126
Parade bromeando Jun 2025 #129
Why doesn't he change the weather with his Sharpie? Answer that FOX Newts. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #130
A well placed lightning strike would send a message, wouldn't it? Oopsie Daisy Jun 2025 #131
Praying to the Rain Gods 🙏🏼⛈️ Clouds Passing Jun 2025 #132
Hand him a USA Flag on a long METAL Pole to wave around. electric_blue68 Jun 2025 #133
Is it possible for lightening to hit the ground and then jump up a catheter line? Midnight Writer Jun 2025 #134
Rain chances is up to 90% LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #139
Not according to the NWS onenote Jun 2025 #142
Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please - let it be so. 3catwoman3 Jun 2025 #143
felon under a cloud Marthe48 Jun 2025 #144
His makeup would run and his toupee would get all stringy AllyCat Jun 2025 #145
Please, God wryter2000 Jun 2025 #146
The astronaut from space ? rickford66 Jun 2025 #147

homegirl

(1,857 posts)
73. WOW! IT WORKED...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:18 PM
Jun 2025

I posted this a few days ago. Didn't think it would come from the North! ...

homegirl
a day ago

RE: WASHINGTON, D.C. 6/14/2025: The Coven has cast the spell! Remnants of mid West tornado arrive in D.C. at the beginning of the spectacle---RAIN, THUNDER, WIND AND LIGHTNING! An enormous bolt of charged electricity strikes Donald J. Trump-He Is Instantly Incinerated! A small heap of ashes, blown away by the very last gust of wind from the tornado! And a small final downpour washes the ashes into the street.

WOW! I don't drink and I don't do drugs BUT I do have a vivid, retaliatory imagination going full time!


ArizonaLib

(1,280 posts)
125. From the north!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:49 PM
Jun 2025

No a weather person but I hope it csme from Greenland before collecting momentum in Canada.

magicarpet

(18,456 posts)
101. Hold the parade/Birthday Party indoors at the White people's White House
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:13 PM
Jun 2025

Have the Sherman tanks crash through the walls of the West Wing while the DICKtator is seated at the Resolution desk in the Oval Office.

Then have the tanks, marching bands, and army guys marching in formation all through the West Wing and then crash through the opposite wall, while singing Happy Birthday at the top of their lungs.

Any damages to the White House - just add it to the trDUMP personal reimbursement accounts as Birthday Party expenses.

Moostache

(10,814 posts)
28. I think some of them saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark"...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:31 PM
Jun 2025

The fear of divine retribution via lightning is clearly on someone's mind.

?t=127

Dulcinea

(9,185 posts)
78. So it might quite literally rain on his parade!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:26 PM
Jun 2025
I hope the weather is beautiful in Chicago for the Popefest!

forgotmylogin

(7,927 posts)
121. Taco Brice
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:41 PM
Jun 2025
Don't...tell me not to kick out all hispanics
I...raise the tarriffs and then Wall Street panics!
Don't...say the weather's bad for my Army parade!

republianmushroom

(21,453 posts)
6. The clutch of this memo is
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:42 PM
Jun 2025

" It will depend on the president, too, when he’s available.” Wet muskrats don't look good on TV.

3catwoman3

(27,771 posts)
140. And still manages to look like shit.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:25 AM
Jun 2025

That hairstyle has always looked ridiculous,and it hasn't aged well.

hamsterjill

(16,589 posts)
8. Oh, brother.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:47 PM
Jun 2025

He's not worried about any danger to the crowd. He's worried about crowd size and the fact that Leo is going to have a BIGGER crowd.

aggiesal

(10,335 posts)
108. Found on CraigsList DC
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:30 PM
Jun 2025

Seat fillers needed for DC parade.
Compensation: Flat Fee of $1,000, paid in cryptocurrency - Provided by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC

Seat Fillers Needed - June 14th - Constitution Avenue - DC
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html

BigmanPigman

(53,833 posts)
115. Wow, I just read who they want...ethnic and people of color...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:16 PM
Jun 2025

"T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m.
Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area.
Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda.
We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast and local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform."

Ne wants people who LOOK like immigrants to stand near him so the TV cameras can show the world how open minded he is when it comes to supporting diverse ethnicities. Suuuuuuuuure, everyone all ready knows he does this BS all the time.

hlthe2b

(111,449 posts)
9. I suspect a lot of voodoo dolls are full of pins by now...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:49 PM
Jun 2025


Seems it might be STARTING to work, voodoo (vodou) sèvitè--at least for his parade...

GopherGal

(2,607 posts)
136. Maybe a miniature set of jumper cables???
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 08:39 PM
Jun 2025

Or a Lightning rod?

Do they make cajun blackened Cheetos?

jls4561

(2,724 posts)
11. How much will it cost to transport all the personnel and hardware back to where they originated?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:56 PM
Jun 2025

So Hair Furor will cancel his ego boosting extravaganza if he doesn’t like the weather?

Much as I would like to see the whole thing flop, I can see the spin of “How disappointing for the country “
instead of “this was a huge expensive fiasco to begin with and it cost even more to cancel “.

Plus, if Fatass45 is denied his better-than-Kim-Jong-Un display of puffery, he will want to do it again!

0rganism

(25,334 posts)
68. I think it's likely they stay in the DC area for a while
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:10 PM
Jun 2025

The parade might be off, but there are other uses a dictator might have for a military garrison operating in the Capitol.

Harker

(16,898 posts)
93. There's a lot of federal property, and federal agents that are bound to be in need of a little protection.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:00 PM
Jun 2025

slightlv

(6,614 posts)
124. This is going to cost us millions of dollars...whether it happens or not!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:45 PM
Jun 2025

I think we should inundate the IRS, trump, and everyone else with boxes full of "not with my tax dollars!" notes.

intrepidity

(8,461 posts)
20. Then he'll fire the NWS
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:18 PM
Jun 2025

I hope a lightning bolt finds its mark.

r/fuckyouinparticular (not you, poster, obviously)

Midnight Writer

(24,765 posts)
16. First, he will disband the National Weather Service. Next, he will nuke the rainclouds.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:01 PM
Jun 2025

Nobody rains on Trump's Parade!

 

Canada Kid

(257 posts)
22. NO_O_O_O_!!! Don't cancel!!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:21 PM
Jun 2025

This may be a great opportunity! Give the Orange Idiot a long metal rod...tell him it's a magic wand and to point it straight up in the air! He should be holding Vance's hand while he does this!

catchnrelease

(2,102 posts)
89. I thought the same
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:49 PM
Jun 2025

Tell him it would be good for his 'brand' to wave around a nine iron during the parade. The guy looked at the sun during an eclipse, he'll go for it.

colorado_ufo

(6,149 posts)
91. "Mr. President, give the crowd a thrill - show them your golf swing!!!"
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:52 PM
Jun 2025

With your longest driver!

Moostache

(10,814 posts)
31. Nit - its a straw yellow mane... the orange is the face paint, but they BOTH run in the rain (some say) (n/t)
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jun 2025

not fooled

(6,476 posts)
64. Well, at least in cloudy weather
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:06 PM
Jun 2025

his bald dome wouldn't be shiny and hence more visible under the wet straggly combover. Go for it, red don! Defy the weather!



lark

(25,492 posts)
39. Moses Mike and Eloon need to be included in the handholding, for our own safety!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:45 PM
Jun 2025

What a wonderful sight that would be - if only in my imagination.

robbob

(3,722 posts)
54. Isn't it funny how the RE fundies will claim it's Gods will
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:58 PM
Jun 2025

Any time a natural disaster strikes a blue area, but don’t consider something like this a sign?

moose65

(3,401 posts)
25. Damn Democrats!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:27 PM
Jun 2025

Here they go again, controlling the weather by conjuring up thunderstorms to interrupt Savior Trump's parade.

How sad. Bigly!

kimbutgar

(26,109 posts)
26. I will be praying hard the next two days for the wrath of God to strike him down on 6/14 and ruin
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:29 PM
Jun 2025

His orange Hitler ridiculous parade. A nice thunderbolt of lighting and rain hitting him and the other cretins in his administrations sitting in the grandstand near him. I hope Miller and Vance are sitting real close to him.


I can wish and dream can’t I?

Moostache

(10,814 posts)
32. I am an atheist, but I send negative vibes and wishes for his imminent demise DAILY...just in case.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:35 PM
Jun 2025

I figure that I WILL take up Pascal's Wager on this one...

Ocelot II

(127,406 posts)
27. Canceled or postponed?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:30 PM
Jun 2025

Even if it's just postponed, it wouldn't be on Himself's birthday. Aww.

:sad trombone:

Deminpenn

(17,015 posts)
33. Mother Nature bringing the karma
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:36 PM
Jun 2025

The Army spokesman is correct that the danger is lightening. Lightening and metal viewing stands wouldn't mix well.

I've been at prep football games where if there is lightening in the vicinity, everyone is pulled off the field and out of the stands for at least 30 minutes. Same thing if this happens at a pro game.



bigworld

(1,813 posts)
35. I cannot see TFG cancelling
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:39 PM
Jun 2025

In fact, the rain could work in his favor by being an easy way to explain away any low-numbering crowds.

lark

(25,492 posts)
42. Nope, he will not appear in t he rain - never has and never will becuse his ego is too fragile.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:47 PM
Jun 2025

He knows his candy cane bouffant would disappear and the hideous white head shown, which his ego wouldn't tolerate. If there's actually rainy, there's no krasnov.

twodogsbarking

(15,961 posts)
43. Here we go again with his idea to build a dome over the US, except for California, and Taylor Swift.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:48 PM
Jun 2025

ToxMarz

(2,567 posts)
44. I think they should definietly not cancel
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:48 PM
Jun 2025

Lightning could never hurt dear leader. He should stand out there with a long metal pole to prove it.

ChazInAz

(2,961 posts)
63. It's a Guinea pig?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:05 PM
Jun 2025

And all this time I thought it was a leucistic skunk!
Thanks for setting me sttaight.

Torchlight

(5,720 posts)
50. Can't he just move the storm with a sharpie?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:57 PM
Jun 2025

Or an executive order fining storms if they come too close, or just call them names (admit it, his leadership style is perfectly fit for the feckless and buffoon alike).

OMGWTF

(4,907 posts)
52. Wow! Cool! I remember when the flags in DC were at half-staff for President Carter's funeral
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:57 PM
Jun 2025

and Stinky wanted them raised for his inauguration despite that it was still the official mourning period, but they were all frozen in place.

Gary 50

(470 posts)
53. I've got an idea.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:57 PM
Jun 2025

Let's postpone the parade until Trump dies. Then, on that joyous occasion, we can have the biggest celebration in the country's history with the whole world celebrating with us. We can call it "Liberation Day."

ms liberty

(10,619 posts)
56. It's the east coast, where summer late afternoon t-storms are the norm, not the exception
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:58 PM
Jun 2025

So he scheduled it for 6-630 PM, which is great if your only thought is to make the evening news, but really, on a Saturday? No one watches the news on Saturday. The fluff puppets will all talk about it Sunday, and they prolly won't be kind. Even if it does get rained out

MuseRider

(34,956 posts)
59. Does this mean we will have to
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:03 PM
Jun 2025

bring it all back in a few months and do it all again? Of course he will want that but #1 I hope by then everyone is on to him and there will be no Biggest Birthday Party for the Bestest Boy in the world and we will be waiting to watch him deal with some scary times ahead for him.

I wonder if he can even conceive how over him we all are. Anything short of never having to know anything bout him ever again or even life in a easy boy prison would be a crime but I would take almost anything if he was just shut up and never allowed out of anywhere. NOT Mar a Lardo, even that dump is too good for him.

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
61. Where will he move all that materiel to?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:04 PM
Jun 2025

a city near me?
oops....replied to you by mistake...mea culpa

ananda

(33,303 posts)
66. How jaded am I to think that Trump doesn't care...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:09 PM
Jun 2025

if lightning strikes the crowd.

He might not want it to mess up his hair's nest
though.

Codifer

(1,090 posts)
70. The parade is not
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:17 PM
Jun 2025

the focus here.

The reality is that he has an ARMY with TANKS in Washington D.C.

The parade was just an excuse.

If I were an evil despot I would purge congress with these.

I hope that I am wrong. I hope it is just that all this crap has driven me fucking CRAZY.

D00ver66

(17 posts)
71. Just celebrate
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:17 PM
Jun 2025

They should just do it anyway. Trump has been brought to us by god, certainly he will protect the orange jesus ? Citizens are expendable as are military to trump so why not? Maybe, just maybe god will actually show us what he thinks of this messiah. That would maybe open some eyes up.

JHB

(37,835 posts)
75. It's a Soviet parade. Call it for what it's based on.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:19 PM
Jun 2025

After all, the marching orders come straight from the Kremlin.

 

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)
77. Trump WHouse is a cesspool of racist assholes
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:24 PM
Jun 2025

“dangerous criminals” , or so Dictator Trump constantly spews to the nation…..

These are the ‘dangerous criminals’
that Trump is deporting….

- Yard maintenance workers,
- Seamstresses,
- Street Fruit vendors,
- College students, with Visas
- High school teenager volleyball team member,
- A sick 4-year old girl with cancer deported even though she is a U.S. citizen, her mom was not.
- Day workers, construction, standing at Home Depot hoping to work that day
- Farm workers picking crops in the fields
- A Mom of 3 US children, who has lived and worked in US for 35 years

Trump is nothing but a vile racist son of a bitch asshole
with his white-supremacy White House advisor Stephen Miller, an avowed radical racist.

sprinkleeninow

(21,621 posts)
79. *a sbuffo* deflated. In Behavior and Physical Appearance.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:27 PM
Jun 2025
Perhaps Vainglorious Object being smote in addition.

rubbersole

(10,595 posts)
97. Soros.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:11 PM
Jun 2025

He controls everything. Since forever. Everything bad that happens anywhere. Hannity sez so...

IronLionZion

(49,950 posts)
83. Higher powers are sending a message
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:41 PM
Jun 2025

After meeting JD Vance, the last pope had to go straight to God to deal with this tremendous evil. Now God is raining on Trump's parade. It's Biblical. God sent a plague during his last presidency.

LudwigPastorius

(13,472 posts)
84. Trump will order the army to attack the approaching front.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:41 PM
Jun 2025

...maybe nuke it for good measure.

Just like mad Caligula ordering the sea be held back.

surfered

(9,381 posts)
87. Aaawwww that's too bad. Still they incurred all those unnecessary mobilization costs
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:46 PM
Jun 2025

Is it a sign from God?

Wiz Imp

(7,484 posts)
96. Trump couldn't care less if people were put in danger by lightning strikes
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:08 PM
Jun 2025

I'm sure Trump is insisting that the parade happen no matter the weather. But there must be a few people in the White House who are trying to convince him to change his mind - that a parade in the middle of a massive thunderstorm would not be a good look for him. We'll see if they succeed. My money is on the parade happening regardless of the weather.

MadameButterfly

(3,570 posts)
98. This is normal weather for Virginia
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:12 PM
Jun 2025

in the summer. Late in the day thunder storms arrive more often than not. How could they have planned an event this expensive on the gamble it wouldn't happen?

Besides all the other reasons it shouldn' thave happened.

rubbersole

(10,595 posts)
104. He should just move it into the Capitol rotunda like his "inauguration".
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:19 PM
Jun 2025

That way he wouldn't have to pay all the Craigslist hired attendees. A win-win!

Karasu

(2,003 posts)
110. Maybe they shouldn't be defunding the NWS and fucking FEMA, then...because there's going to be a lot more extreme and
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jun 2025

frequent weather phenomena where that came from.

RobinA

(10,430 posts)
112. This Is Joe Biden's Doing
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:38 PM
Jun 2025

Didn't they accuse him of causing Hurricane Helene? Well, he's at it again. Glad he's on our side.

bdamomma

(69,050 posts)
114. oh that's
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:07 PM
Jun 2025

great, lightning is predicted??? is the lightning going to spoil his golf day at Mar La Loco???? if his NK parade is called off.

Martin68

(26,514 posts)
118. That would be nice. Or, even worse for Trump, don't cancel and suffer deaths and injuries to lighting strikes.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:29 PM
Jun 2025

Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
120. Seriously?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:40 PM
Jun 2025

Saving how much $ for FOOD AND SHELTER and that is just for all the troops he is going to use to quell protests but forget to give food and shelter?

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,226 posts)
126. The National Weather Service is now predicting an 85% chance of rain and thunderstorms during Trump's Vanity Parade
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:50 PM
Jun 2025

Oopsie Daisy

(6,670 posts)
131. A well placed lightning strike would send a message, wouldn't it?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 05:43 PM
Jun 2025

I think it should go ahead. Tempt fate... find out.

Midnight Writer

(24,765 posts)
134. Is it possible for lightening to hit the ground and then jump up a catheter line?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 07:58 PM
Jun 2025

Just wondering.

onenote

(45,681 posts)
142. Not according to the NWS
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:33 AM
Jun 2025
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.890370000000075&lon=-77.03195999999997

Saturday forecast:
Areas of drizzle before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

3catwoman3

(27,771 posts)
143. Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please - let it be so.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:34 AM
Jun 2025

I have fantasized about him being struck by lightning while at one of his golf courses, but being struck by lightning while at his disgusting self-serving parade would be even better.

Marthe48

(21,905 posts)
144. felon under a cloud
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:34 AM
Jun 2025

a real cloud

Too bad he pulled the military into his zone of disrespect.

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