The explicit threat comes days after Trump ordered soldiers to put down protests in Los Angeles
Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to forcibly put down any protests that spoil the military parade he has ordered up for his birthday on Saturday to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army’s founding during the American Revolutionary War.
Speaking in the Oval Office following an impromptu event to discuss forest management ahead of the upcoming summer wildfire season, Trump was riffing on what he described as violent excesses by protesters who’ve been demonstrating against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles when he was asked about the possibility of protests against the June 14 parade.
He reiterated the explicit threat a moment later, telling “those people who want to protest” that they would be “met with very big force” once more.
DO NOT GO PROTEST AT HIS PARADE! He wants the opportunity to paint the opposition as un-American by contrasting them against a parade full of US flags and lots of pomp and circumstance.
What to do instead? COME TO PHILLY! No Kings, 50501, and Indivisible are organizing a march/rally/protest THIS SATURDAY as a counter to his parade. Bring lots of US flags, bring your signs, bring yourselves. If you’re a vet, make that clear with your clothes, signs, flags etc. If you’re a healthcare worker please, PLEASE, show up if able and bring a first aid kit. We are expecting 80-120k people. The street medics will have their work cut out for them even if it stays totally peaceful. Should things be escalated in any way we will need the extra medical knowledge. Bring water, for yourself and to share if you’re able to carry the extra.
Mask, bring eye protection (safety glasses for blunt impact, lab goggles or similar should teargas get deployed), bring a respirator, cover tattoos. Have an exit and arrest plan in place. If you can, buy a cheap phone, DO NOT turn it on near your house, and DO NOT put a SIM card in it. Phones without SIMs can still call 911 and take photos/videos.
There’s so much more info if you really want to dig into it, but please just show up. Be part of the 3.5%
Do both. The people in Washington aren’t going to Philly. Don’t let him get unspoiled parade footage so he can act like the county supports him. Force him to use violence to suppress peaceful protestors. Let the whole country see him hurt Americans for his selfish deeds. Throwing a military parade for his birthday like fucking Kim Jong-Un. Force him to use the US military to hurt Americans and see how that goes.
Don’t give them an inch. Resist every action, everywhere, everytime, at every level.
Someone should bring European floats and put them on the parade path.
Yeah fair, though I do know of a lot of affinity groups already planning to come up from DC. There’s even fairly easy transit options. But I do agree with spoiling his footage. If he wants to issue the order to suppress protestors at his parade with violence I just hope everyone on the ground in DC is ready for that.
Stay safe but stay angry.
Honestly I’d rather less of him being f’ed by the bear and more demonstrating how he’s fucking the country while calling it patriotism
I dunno man. The new Sprout’s on Del Ave is having their grand opening this weekend.
Donald Trump and the GOP are traitors to the United States and enemies of the American people.
Treat them as such.
Like Tiananamen Big?
It will be Tiananmen Squared
Like his Chinese tariffs big
Sends cops to commit a massacre.
Cops see donut shop.
Cops just robs the donut shop and forget about the massacre they’re supposed to do.
A very Bigly show of force
Times 100
Stfu TACO.
I would advice people against directly clashing with the police. Such does little good, as police has typically more weapons and more fight training. It will only get you in trouble and do nothing good.
If you really wanna be an annoying prick to authorities, consider slashing tires of ICE vehicles. This way, when ICE plans to abduct people again, they’re stuck in the middle of a village they probably don’t know well, surrounded by people who are angry at them. That can’t be good for them.
Use a drone to drop paint on their windshield when parked.
Or drop liquid ass on the groups of cops/ICE, and/or their cars.
Or maybe leave a bag of green lasers with instructions to shine them at LEO helicopters then run away. Don’t get caught with one.
Or if you know an LEO or ICE person, anonymously dox them.
You know what? Now I’m just gonna protest even harder. 😤
“If anyone ruins my big boy parade I’m going to throw the biggest tantrum you’ve ever seen!”
He’s gonna be upside down on a lamp post one day <3
That poor lamp post. They’re gonna need a couple of horses to hoist his fat ass up anywhere.
You’re not invited to my birthday party!!!
Can civilians buy tear gas to throw into parades? Asking for a friend.
So tear gas isn’t available for civilian purchase, and you will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon if you are caught throwing tear gas back at a cop.
So it’s not a “deadly” weapon to use on unarmed civilians but it is if used against cops with gas masks. Hm.
You can do anything once, twice if your quick!
The hardest attackers to block are the ones who don’t intend to leave afterwards
Kiss my ass traitor.
I fucking hope the protests are so historic that his incompetence is tied to it and it forever ruins his birthday and parade. Please go down in history as the biggest greatest protest for his birthday, as he would say.
“met with very big force"
Ah, yes “very big force” he was incoherent in his first term, but he’s taking the toddler talk to the next level this term.
Military Parades on his birthday is so e North Korea style shut right there
I can envision it now. The taco upset that his wannabe dictator parade was smaller than some city no kings protests . Stay safe everyone and happy protesting
That is the best kind of revenge to a fascist.
Smaller than many “no kings” protests, smaller than the Pope’s thing in Chicago.
“No Kings” protests are planned everywhere! I intended to go in my town, but now im tempted to go into Boston for the bigger one, to help those numbers
