about time the US gets their military parade
Trump orders tanks for Independence Day parade
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48842428
President Donald Trump's plans to host a military parade on US Independence Day this week have left critics seeing red, rather than red, white and blue.
At his "Salute to America" on Thursday, Mr Trump will address the nation from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC amid a parade of military tanks.
But city officials have expressed dismay at the possible damage to roads at the 4 July event.
A congressman dismissed the celebration as a presidential vanity project.
"We're going to have planes going overhead - the best fighter jets in the world and other planes too," the Republican president told reporters at the White House on Monday.
"And we're going to have some tanks stationed outside."
He said the event will "be like no other, it'll be special".
City leaders have spoken out against the idea.
"We have said it before, and we'll say it again: Tanks, but no tanks," the District of Columbia council tweeted on Monday