The president celebrated his birthday at a $45 million military parade with hundreds of thousands of people, though people suspect something different.
It was Donald Trump‘s 79th birthday on Saturday (June 14) and the POTUS celebrated it by attending a military parade dedicated to the US Army’s 250th anniversary in Washington, DC.
Trump walked out to ‘Hail to the Chief’ and ‘Happy Birthday’ alongside First Lady Melania Trump, his family, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth among other officials.
The power of the military went on full display in the parade, with tanks and aircrafts spanning the decades as well as parachuters from the sky and more than 6,000 uniformed soldiers in period consumes patrolling through the capital.
Trump had been dreaming of a military parade for years (Doug Mills – Pool/Getty Images)
The parade lifted the lit on the American Army’s story, from the Battle of Lexington in the Revolutionary War through to the modern day.
The historic moment comes as the last time American troops gathered in such large numbers was after the Gulf War in 1991.
The president addressed the crowd and military personnel at the end of the parade in an eight-minute-long speech, saying in part: “Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did too.
