BERLIN — When President Trump returned from the French Bastille Day military parade in July 2017, he was enamored of the display, calling it “one of the most beautiful parades I have ever seen.”
Months later, Trump made a decision: He wanted his own parade. Ideally, a bigger and better show than the one he had watched in Paris. “We’re going to have to try and top it,” he said.
On July 4, his plans to display military might will come to fruition during expanded Independence Day celebrations on the Mall, dubbed the “Salute to America” — complete with the deployment of tanks and fighter jet flyovers.
View the complete July 4 article by Rick Noack on The Washington Post website here.