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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump‘s navy parade honoring the U.S. Military’s 250th anniversary is ready to kick off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday within the nation’s capital, however the patriotic occasion additionally is anticipated to face protests and gloomy climate.
The parade will stretch down Structure Avenue, starting close to the Lincoln Memorial and concluding close to the Washington Monument at about 9:30 p.m. The parade honors the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Military — which was established one yr earlier than the signing of the Declaration of Independence — and in addition coincides with Flag Day and Trump’s 79th birthday.
The patriotic occasion is a part of Trump’s “Activity Drive 250,” which was established in January by an government order and coordinates plans celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence on July 4, 2026.
The parade, nevertheless, comes as riots and protests proceed in Los Angeles over the Trump administration’s immigration efforts to deport hundreds of thousands of unlawful aliens who flooded the nation underneath the Biden administration, and after Israel launched preemptive strikes on Iran Thursday night.
The parade can be slated to face stormy climate, with forecasters predicting thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and rain going into the night.
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Military helicopters, together with Black Hawks, Apaches, Chinooks and different navy plane, can be used within the upcoming U.S. Military’s 250th birthday parade, which additionally coincides with Flag Day and U.S. President Trump’s birthday. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Photographs )
Protests in response to the navy parade, and up to date ICE raids being carried out in Los Angeles, are anticipated to unfold in cities nationwide. In Washington, guests and locals can count on the Refuse Fascism protest, an “fairness march” in downtown D.C., in addition to a “Professional-Democracy Picnic” at Fort Reno Park, Fox Information Digital discovered.
“No Kings” protesters are anticipated to converge on cities nationwide to protest what they are saying is Trump main the nation like a “king,” although there is not going to be a “No Kings” protests in D.C. correct on Saturday. As an alternative, such protests can be held in neighboring cities and cities, equivalent to within the Virginia cities of Alexandria and Arlington.
Military troopers wearing historic uniforms forward of the US Military’s 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, June 13, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
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Trump was requested concerning the “No Kings” protest throughout a Thursday bill-signing occasion on the White Home, which sparked Trump to quip he “would not really feel like a king.”
A US Military stand in entrance of the White Home forward of the US Military’s 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
“I do not really feel like a king,” Trump responded. “I’ve to undergo hell to get stuff authorised. A king would say, ‘I am not gonna get this.’ A king would have by no means had the California mandate to even be speaking. He wouldn’t must name up (Speaker) Mike Johnson and (Senate Majority Chief John) Thune and say, ‘Fellas you bought to tug this off’ and after years we get it performed,” he stated, referring to a few resolutions he signed Thursday ending electrical automobile mandates originating in California. “No, no we’re not a king. We’re not a king in any respect.”
Trump beforehand stated that any potential violent protesters focusing on the parade can be met with a “very heavy pressure.”
TRUMP WARNS ANY POTENTIAL PROTESTORS AT HIS MILITARY PARADE WILL BE ‘MET WITH VERY BIG FORCE’
President Donald Trump will host a navy parade marking the 250th birthday of the US Military, in addition to his personal 79th birthday, June 14, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
“If there’s any protest as soon as they arrive out, they are going to be met with very huge pressure,” Trump informed reporters Tuesday. “I have not even heard a few protest. However those that hate our nation … they are going to be met with very heavy pressure.”
The parade has been celebrated by the administration because the “largest” navy parade in U.S. historical past.
“We love our navy and take nice satisfaction in honoring our warfighters,” Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated in a press release to Fox Information in Might. “In celebration of 250 years of the U.S. Military, we are going to throw the largest and most stunning navy parade in our nation’s historical past.”
“The president is planning an historic celebration of the Military’s 250th birthday that may honor generations of selfless Individuals who’ve risked the whole lot for our freedom,” White Home Home Coverage Council Director Vince Haley added in remark to Fox Digital in Might, previewing the parade.
“Precisely 250 years in the past, the primary American patriots died for the reason for Independence. We owe our freedom to them and to each solider who has given their life for our nation within the 2½ centuries since.”
US Military troopers wearing historic uniforms forward of the US Military’s 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 13, 2025. US President Donald Trump will host a navy parade marking the 250th birthday of the US Military, in addition to his personal 79th birthday, on June 14. Photographer: ( Eric Thayer/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
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Roughly 6,600 U.S. Military troopers will take part within the parade. The parade can even embrace 150 Military automobiles, together with the Abrams tank and 50 plane, together with the Black Hawk.
There can even be a flyover and a parachute soar, and historic navy re-enactors.
A navy parade honoring the Military’s 250th anniversary can be held after Trump’s “Activity Drive 250” government order in January. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Photographs)
The parade comes after Israel launched preemptive strikes on Iran Thursday night following months of tried and stalled nuclear negotiations and subsequent heightened concern Iran was advancing its nuclear program. The strikes focused Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure, and killed not less than 4 Iranian navy leaders.
Iran has stated the strikes had been a “declaration of struggle.”
“Two months in the past I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to “make a deal.” They need to have performed it! At present is day 61. I informed them what to do, however they simply couldn’t get there. Now they’ve, maybe, a second probability!” Trump posted to Reality Social on Friday forward of assembly along with his Nationwide Safety Council to debate the strikes.
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Fox Information Digital’s Brooke Singman and Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
