Remember when Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton and George H. Bush and Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln were inaugurated and there were tanks and missiles rolling down the street? You don’t, because what kind of war-mongering psychopath would do that? Only a fascist would be so unable to pick and choose their “battles” over the culture of our country. Huffington Post is reporting that Donald Trump and some of his “team” seem to clearly be one such set of lunatics.
During the preparation for Friday’s transfer-of-power, a member of Trump’s transition team floated the idea of including tanks and missile launchers in the inaugural parade, a source involved in inaugural planning told The Huffington Post. “They were legit thinking Red Square/North Korea-style parade,” the source said, referring to massive military parades in Moscow and Pyongyang, typically seen as an aggressive display of muscle-flexing.
The military, which traditionally works closely with the presidential inaugural committee, shot down the request, the source said. Their reason was twofold. Some were concerned about the optics of having tanks and missile launchers rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue. But they also worried that the tanks, which often weigh over 100,000 pounds, would destroy the roads.
Everybody in the world knows how powerful our military is. It’s on the short list of two or three things that make us the most powerful country on the planet. Having a president that feels insecure about that is frightening. Unless of course, he’s trying to send a message to the majority of the country who oppose his presidency.