Demonstrators hold various signs including “The Power of the People” and “No Kings No Royalty” at a pro-democracy rally. Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images.Saturday, June 14, is Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. It’s also the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.And this year, it will be marked by a military parade down the streets of Washington, D.C. at a cost to taxpayers of $45 million, including $16 million budgeted to fix the damaged roads caused by the 20+ Abrams tanks rolling down D.C.’s streets. But don’t be fooled. This parade is not to mark the Army’s birthday. The Army was all set to have a much more modest celebration before Trump got his mitts on it.No, as Gulf War Army veteran Paul Sullivan told ABC News, “This Trump tank travesty is all about stroking Trump’s ego.”But the good news is the military parade isn’t the only event
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