We have heard about the planned military parade through Washington, D.C., planned for June 14 this year. Apparently, it is Donald Trump’s 79th birthday and the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army. The Army projects that it will spend between $25 and $45 million to carry out this spectacle.

This is an obvious and excellent opportunity for the Democrats in Congress to rally Americans against the idiocy of the current president and his grandiose, narcissistic greed for power. The Democrats need to call out his event for what it really is: a self-aggrandizing military display in the style of a Russian oligarch, a Nazi Fuhrer, a swaggering fascist braggadocio. The Democrats should call on the Park Service to cancel the permit for this event based on the surety of disruptive protests, and that this is an attempt by the President to provoke a violent reaction on the streets of Washington, much as he provoked a violent attack on the Capitol by his followers on January 6, 2021. The Democrats should insist that the Park Service refuse to allow the President’s event to go forward in the interest of public safety.

Americans have been crying out for the Democrats in Congress to do something to block the outrageous actions of the Trump administration. Here is an excellent moment to do so.

Can the Democrats in the House and Senate be convinced to take this action?

Millard Cox

Ripton