{"id":174941,"date":"2025-06-15T18:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/trumps-parade-vs-the-peoples-protest-two-very-different-versions-of-america\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T18:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:47:06","slug":"trumps-parade-vs-the-peoples-protest-two-very-different-versions-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/trumps-parade-vs-the-peoples-protest-two-very-different-versions-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Parade Vs the People&#8217;s Protest: Two Very Different Versions of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">As President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> rallied the troops to Washington, DC on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/trump-military-parade-birthday-no-kings-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 14<\/a>\u2014the date of the US Army\u2019s 250th anniversary, Flag Day, and his birthday\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-statement-2100-protests-take-place-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millions of his constituents<\/a> joined in the nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d march.<\/p>\n<p>It was a conflicting, polar day in America. In one city, a parade costing tens of millions of dollars was <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-military-parade-takeaways.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-military-parade-takeaways.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-military-parade-takeaways.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">complete<\/a> with robot military dogs walking down the street, the president being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ccuiHKndhz4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serenaded<\/a> by a crowd singing Happy Birthday, and thousands of Army service members marching in rows. In a city just North of DC, at the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/no-kings-day-demonstration-protest-rally-trump-military-parade\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/no-kings-day-demonstration-protest-rally-trump-military-parade\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/no-kings-day-demonstration-protest-rally-trump-military-parade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flagship<\/a> No Kings rally in Philadelphia, an estimated 80,000 people called out chants that have become familiar since 2016, like \u201cHey-hey! Ho-ho! Donald Trump has got to go!\u201d and ones befitting the protest, like \u201cLet freedom ring! We don\u2019t want a king!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Nearly 3,000 miles away in Los Angeles, police shot stun grenades and rubber bullets, and <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/06\/14\/los-angeles-protesters-police-clash\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/06\/14\/los-angeles-protesters-police-clash\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/06\/14\/los-angeles-protesters-police-clash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">used<\/a> tear gas, on a group of demonstrators protesting the Trump administration\u2019s attacks on immigrant communities. The offensive from police who claimed they were attempting to disperse the crowd came hours before the 8 o\u2019clock curfew that part of downtown was placed under by Mayor K<strong>aren Bass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Protestors have been rallying in Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/national-guard-arrive-in-los-angeles-after-trump-signs-orders?srsltid=AfmBOoouc1KbENkdiLMA44HmpfCLpcVmIIWR0qwE-QDEGgq3mHhIRHZM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all week<\/a> amid the Trump administration\u2019s rounding up of immigrants in the city and their subsequent moves to call in the National Guard and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">active<\/a>-duty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/pete-hegseth-doesnt-seem-to-think-a-pesky-court-ruling-should-stop-him-from-sending-troops-to-american-cities?srsltid=AfmBOoq-hyBWOScUxJOOFa4Ee7U8eDaeHvmsN9IJq4Hldb_VKVV1wwEh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marines<\/a> to quell the pro-immigrant, anti-ICE demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>Below are just some of the images that illustrate what this one divisive day in the US looked like.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robot Dogs, Trump, and Tanks<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW lgCwTv responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Military robot dogs walk alongside soldiers in the U.S. Army&#8217;s 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">MANDEL NGAN\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW lgCwTv responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald and Melania Trump\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/2220170170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/2220170170 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/2220170170 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/2220170170 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/2220170170 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/2220170170 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/2220170170 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/684f005e1bee0bde91d7c86f\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/2220170170 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump stand together at the end of the U.S Army parade on June 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/trump-parade-vs-no-kings-protest-june14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As President Donald Trump rallied the troops to Washington, DC on June 14\u2014the date of the US Army\u2019s 250th anniversary, Flag Day, and his birthday\u2014millions of his constituents joined in the nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d march. It was a conflicting, polar day in America. In one city, a parade costing tens of millions of dollars was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[54,1881,11682,6737,4837,11681,7724,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-174941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-immigration","10":"tag-kings","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-military","13":"tag-parade","14":"tag-protests","15":"tag-trump-administration"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}