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The current plan includes an enormous scene in the center of Washington: 28 M1A1 Abram's tanks (each 70 tons for the hardest services); 28 tank staff from Stryker; more than 100 other vehicles; A bomber from the First World War II-Ary in the era; 6,700 soldiers; 50 helicopters; 34 horses; two mules; And a dog.

However, critics say that it is another example of how Mr. Trump politicized the military.

The army estimates the costs at 25 to 45 million US dollars. But it could be higher because the army has promised to fix all the streets of the city that harms the parade, as well as the costs for the cleanup and the police are not yet part of the estimate. While 45 million US dollars are a tiny fraction of Mr. Trump's proposed Pentagon budget of 1.01 trillion US dollars for the 2026 financial year, the administration is trying to reduce the financing of education, health and public support.

“It's a lot of money,” admitted the army spokesman, Steve Warren. “But I think this amount of money of 250 years of service and victims of the American army will be put in the shade.”

The army does not call the event a birthday parade for Mr. Trump. It is the army's birthday parade. The continental army was officially founded on June 14, 1775, so June 14 will mark 250 years.

This is also Mr. Trump's birthday.

In Washington there was no large parade in Washington when the army became 1975 200 when Vietnam War scars were still raw. While smaller commemorative celebrations in army base were held all over the country with dances, hairdressing quartets and cake cuts, only a few people tried to glorify the military so soon after the shootings in Kent State. In addition, the country was preparing for large two hundred years of celebrations next year.

If things were similar to this time, Fort Myer could be an ideal place about the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia, “where the old security guard could march with some veterans,” said Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island, the leading Democrat for the Democrat, in an indication of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the older infantry, the older infantry of Army, the older infantry of the army, the older infantry of the army, the older infantry of the army, the older infantry of the army.

“But that's Trump,” added Reed and spoke to reporters at the group of defense authors last week. “It stands in harmony with so much of what he does.”

Army officials say that the parade on the evening of Saturday, June 14th, will cross the Avenue near the White House, part of a large Bash in the National Mall in front of Mr. Trump's point of view.

There will be marching troops that will be housed in two government buildings, say officials. You will sleep on military beds and bring your own sleeping bags, a topic of a lot of praise on TV.

There will be paladins, the huge self-driving Haubitzen and nod on the vintage style. Army officials want to equip some troops in uniforms from the wars from a long time ago, such as those in 1812 or the Spanish-American War.

Army has been planning national, global and even interstellar aspects of the celebration for more than two years – an army astronaut will stimulate the international space station, said Warren.

But these planned celebrations focused on festivals, a postmark, various funny runs, military straps and the like. At some point this year, according to the army officers, a military parade in Washington appeared in the plans.

Nevertheless, civil servants say that there are no plans at the moment to sing Mr. Trump or the army “Happy Birthday” during the parade. However, a plan demands parachutists from the golden knights, the parachute of the army, in the middle of the celebrations and a flag of Mr. Trump.

During his first term in office, Mr. Trump watched the Bastille Day Parade in Paris with President Emmanuel Macron from France and returned home to want his own. But Trump 1.0's Pentagon has closed it. Jim Mattis, the then Minister of Defense, said that according to “Holding the Line”, a book by Guy Snodgrass, the former speech writer of Mr. Mattis, “dear acidity”.

“We are all aware of the affection and respect of the President's affection and respect for the President,” said Mattis Knapp, asked as a reporter according to Mr. Trump's wishes. “We have put together some options. We will send them to the White House for decision.”

General Paul J. Selva, then deputy chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said Mr. Trump during a meeting in Pentagon that military parades, according to “The Divider” by Peter Baker, a reporter of the New York Times, and Susan Glasser were “doing”.

When Mr. Mattis was gone, Mr. Trump brought up the idea again. The successor to Mr. Mattis, Mark T. Esper, replied at the celebrations on July 4 in 2020 with an “air parade”, said Pentagon official. A selection of fighter planes and other fighter planes flew down the east coast over cities that played a role in the American revolution, including Boston, New York and Philadelphia.

Officials of Mr. Trump's first Ministry of Defense opposed his proposal for the parade – it was never a direct order – because they regarded it as the military in the middle of politics, which the Pentagon said historically.

But now Mr. Trump has Defense Minister Pete Hegseth and military leader, who were previously more willing to put his considerations into practice.

This raises the question that the US military is celebrating Trump? “Said Risa Brooks, Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University.

“When tanks roll the streets of the capital, it doesn't look like something that matches the tradition of a professional, highly capable military,” said Dr. Brooks in an interview. “Instead, it looks like a military that politicizes and turns inside and focuses on domestic opponents instead of external concentrations.”

In the past there were great American military parades, but the last one was almost 35 years ago to remember the end of the first Gulf War. Military parades in the United States have traditionally followed the end of great conflicts such as the civil war and the two world wars. During the Cold War there were also military parades during three inaugurations of the President. And small town festivals sometimes also remind the military with a few armored vehicles and troops.

“I don't really see the problem with a military parade,” said Kori Schake, a former defense officer in the government of George W. Bush, who heads foreign studies and defense policy at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Schake said that more Americans have to see the troops that serve the country.

“If our Americans seeing the public knowledge and connection in uniform or inspiring volunteer work, that would be an advantage,” she said.

At the end of the day “the military will not die on this hill, even if it doesn't like it,” said Peter Feaver, professor of political science at Duke University, who has been studying the military for decades. “Trump's 2.0 team is better in giving the president what he wants, whether it is best in the long run or not.”