Millions show up to thousands of anti-Trump demonstrations despite killings in Minnesota; Virginia and San Francisco report vehicles driving into crowds
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Full report: Millions across US turn out for anti-Trump protests
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Tanks to roll through Washington as Trump hosts US military parade
It will be a parade fit for a king – which is precisely why critics worry what message it will send the rest of the world about the future of democracy in America.
On Saturday, there will be tanks on the streets of the nation’s capital as Washington hosts a celebration of the US army’s 250th anniversary, which happens to coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.
North Korea: military parades. China: military parades. Russia: military parades.
These aren’t parades to celebrate a victory and it’s certainly not to celebrate the United States army’s birthday. This is a parade to aggrandise Donald Trump’s ego. No one who knows either Trump or his pattern of behavior would think for a minute this is anything else.
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