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IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,820 posts)
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:09 PM 8 hrs ago

Unbelievable. Massive buildup of tanks in WashDC video that any thug dictator would want

NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.

They departed Texas 5 days ago.

What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.

(🎥 DW)

News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) 2025-06-07T17:13:13.475Z



PLEASE SOMEONE ANYONE….

PLEASE TELL ME THAT DICTATOR TRUMP ISNT SERIOUS TAKING OVER
AMERICAN CITIES WITH TANKS !!

DICTATOR TRUMP HAS
COMPLETELY GONE
PSYCHO

WACKO

TRUMP WANTS TO BE LIKE PUTIN
TRUMP WANTS TO BE LIKE NORTH KOREA DICTATOR
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Unbelievable. Massive buildup of tanks in WashDC video that any thug dictator would want (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal 8 hrs ago OP
Why the fuck is this being allowed? SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #1
By whom? Who can stop it? It isn't actually illegal - Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #4
Couldn't the military hsve refused? SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #7
No. Unfortunately. pdxflyboy 8 hrs ago #11
No. Krasnov is the commander in chief, and they have to obey lawful orders. Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #12
It's not a ForgedCrank 7 hrs ago #20
But High-chair Hitler must have his party!!!!! Jack Valentino 3 hrs ago #36
The parade is cover k_buddy762 8 hrs ago #8
a distinct possibility msongs 7 hrs ago #14
Omg...a horrible thought but to tell ya the truth, I'm over any resemblance of being shocked Deuxcents 7 hrs ago #15
There is no way they can bring in k_buddy762 7 hrs ago #17
Nothing would surprise me. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #21
I thought the same BigMin28 3 hrs ago #35
And a cult k_buddy762 2 hrs ago #40
Because the right wing has been replaced with criminally insane fascsit bootlickers who are drunk with power? Initech 1 hr ago #42
Disgusting I_UndergroundPanther 8 hrs ago #2
How many repukes in Congress are fine with this sakabatou 8 hrs ago #3
Hard to know. They're all busy grabbing their ankles Captain Zero 8 hrs ago #6
All of them as they have failed to impeach SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #9
Yup orangecrush 5 hrs ago #24
Damage to DC streets is going to be way worse than they think with that endless parade of tanks! tblue37 8 hrs ago #5
Hope those tank crews don't know that Captain Zero 8 hrs ago #10
They don't care! If they tear up the streets it makes it easier to keep people and their cars out of certain areas FirstLight 7 hrs ago #23
I heard bdamomma 3 hrs ago #39
"A family is a dictatorship ruled over by its sickest member." - Moss Hart sop 7 hrs ago #13
The question is...drumroll... malaise 7 hrs ago #16
No k_buddy762 7 hrs ago #19
The hostile takeover is nearly complete. sheshe2 7 hrs ago #18
Ive had a bad feeling about it for a long time FirstLight 7 hrs ago #22
Stormy was right when referring to his you know what lmfao n/t Cheezoholic 5 hrs ago #25
Yep, sometimes I wish these guys would just haul out their dicks and measure them right there.We could settle this thing Walleye 5 hrs ago #34
Let'shope this does NOT become any sort of a tradition Warpy 5 hrs ago #26
Where is the proof that these units are destined for the DC "parade" ... A HERETIC I AM 5 hrs ago #27
This is the correct answer Red Mountain 5 hrs ago #28
Please karma gods kimbutgar 5 hrs ago #29
You mean they were removed from critical border protection duty to pay homage to Dear Leader? Jim__ 5 hrs ago #30
From what I saw I couldnt see any cannons on the vehicles. Eko 5 hrs ago #31
Nauseating wendyb-NC 5 hrs ago #32
I hope we don't get attacked by an actual enemy while all this is going on. Walleye 5 hrs ago #33
Why more than one tank needed?? Demovictory9 3 hrs ago #37
Now bdamomma 3 hrs ago #38
Where's DOG-EE when you need them? flashman13 2 hrs ago #41

Ocelot II

(125,065 posts)
4. By whom? Who can stop it? It isn't actually illegal -
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:14 PM
8 hrs ago

just a ridiculous, insane waste of resources by a government that thinks it needs to save money by cutting off people's health care and food for starving children.

Ocelot II

(125,065 posts)
12. No. Krasnov is the commander in chief, and they have to obey lawful orders.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:19 PM
8 hrs ago

This isn't an unlawful order; it's just over-the-top stupid and wasteful, not to mention fascist-adjacent.

ForgedCrank

(2,655 posts)
20. It's not a
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:39 PM
7 hrs ago

Trump parade. He is just hijacking it and putting his name on it.
The Army applied for permits and funds to do this long before Trump was even elected. Trump is just doing what Trump does, and that is trying to make it about himself since it falls on his birthday.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3400150/army-parade-250th-anniversary-trump-birthday/

Jack Valentino

(2,218 posts)
36. But High-chair Hitler must have his party!!!!!
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 10:45 PM
3 hrs ago

I have a fantasy about half a dozen tankers staging a coup,
and running the motherfucker over before anyone else can do anything about it.......

Is here going to be there in person, observing?? Asking for a friend...

Secret Service can't stop tanks, no matter how hard they try!


And if it actually happened, I would say GOD BLESS AMERICA! We're GREAT AGAIN!!!!!


k_buddy762

(638 posts)
8. The parade is cover
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:18 PM
8 hrs ago

They are bringing equipment in so the area is secured when they declare martial law.

Deuxcents

(22,485 posts)
15. Omg...a horrible thought but to tell ya the truth, I'm over any resemblance of being shocked
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:24 PM
7 hrs ago

After what he has done with USAID, Ukraine, his big beautiful bill, medical research, assaults on our universities so as horrible as this sounds..you could be right. I hope not

k_buddy762

(638 posts)
17. There is no way they can bring in
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:30 PM
7 hrs ago

dozens or hundreds of armored vehicles and tanks, in plain sight, without causing serious alarm. They're selling it as a parade. And there will probably be a parade. But that equipment will then never leave. It will lie in wait for martial law to protect the palace of the elite.

BigMin28

(1,687 posts)
35. I thought the same
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 10:39 PM
3 hrs ago

Those tanks may not leave anytime soon. I put nothing past his regime. It's not an administration, it's a regime.

Initech

(105,101 posts)
42. Because the right wing has been replaced with criminally insane fascsit bootlickers who are drunk with power?
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:55 AM
1 hr ago

tblue37

(66,603 posts)
5. Damage to DC streets is going to be way worse than they think with that endless parade of tanks!
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:15 PM
8 hrs ago

Captain Zero

(7,918 posts)
10. Hope those tank crews don't know that
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:18 PM
8 hrs ago

He called their brothers in arms during WW2 who died in Europe "losers and suckers".

FirstLight

(15,158 posts)
23. They don't care! If they tear up the streets it makes it easier to keep people and their cars out of certain areas
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:53 PM
7 hrs ago

Rip up the infrastructure and watch the chaos ensue

bdamomma

(68,353 posts)
39. I heard
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 10:57 PM
3 hrs ago

the same thing just the weight of those tanks will demolish those streets.

This should not take place in America. This is being done in our faces,

sop

(14,553 posts)
13. "A family is a dictatorship ruled over by its sickest member." - Moss Hart
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:22 PM
7 hrs ago

Under Trump, America has become a dictatorship ruled over by its sickest citizen.

k_buddy762

(638 posts)
19. No
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:35 PM
7 hrs ago

The birthday parade is cover. If 250 tanks rolled into DC without reason, people would notice. The parade gives them a plausible reason.

The riots in LAPD (there will soon be others) will escalate thanks to paid agitators and give DC a reason to declare martial law. The military equipment in DC will be used to secure and defend the powers that be.

When they said "Trump 2028" they were not joking about it.

FirstLight

(15,158 posts)
22. Ive had a bad feeling about it for a long time
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:52 PM
7 hrs ago

I had a dream that they shot into the crowds, like in Hunger Games...

We're not going to see anything good happen there...and LA is on the radar too... 😡😢

Walleye

(40,770 posts)
34. Yep, sometimes I wish these guys would just haul out their dicks and measure them right there.We could settle this thing
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:07 PM
5 hrs ago

Warpy

(113,498 posts)
26. Let'shope this does NOT become any sort of a tradition
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:44 PM
5 hrs ago

It has always been a point of pride that this country never felt a need to do this diotic muscle flexing bullshit. That was always for tinpot dicttors and other petty tyrants.

Not us.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,788 posts)
27. Where is the proof that these units are destined for the DC "parade" ...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:49 PM
5 hrs ago

and not just a normal, pre-planned movement of equipment?

We can't be this gullible, folks. Where is the proof?

I'm going to go to Google Earth and see if I can find that exact perspective.

Red Mountain

(2,099 posts)
28. This is the correct answer
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:53 PM
5 hrs ago

Tanks are commonly transported by rail. When they arrive in DC there will be LOTS of pictures. They will have to be staged near the parade route.

Don't jump the gun. It's going to be an exhausting week, at best.

Jim__

(14,758 posts)
30. You mean they were removed from critical border protection duty to pay homage to Dear Leader?
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:57 PM
5 hrs ago

Eko

(9,320 posts)
31. From what I saw I couldnt see any cannons on the vehicles.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:58 PM
5 hrs ago

They are transported with their cannons.

They also dont look like them.

I'm not saying this is not true but those arent tanks, I also didn't see any Bradley's although it does look like some of them have plugs where the cannon goes. Still not sure what vehicles the big green ones are though.
Also, the washington monument is at least a mile away from the train tracks so I dont think it would look so big and the train tracks stop north east of the monument so they are not moving to the DC train yard but away from it.
I think there is a possibility its a fake video after further looking into it. I could be wrong but.

Walleye

(40,770 posts)
33. I hope we don't get attacked by an actual enemy while all this is going on.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:04 PM
5 hrs ago

How does this help our “war fighting“ capabilities?

bdamomma

(68,353 posts)
38. Now
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 10:49 PM
3 hrs ago

is this what the American people want to see?????? and the world will shake their heads.

Is this what we want to become!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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