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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's subject parade honoring the U.S. Army's 250th day is acceptable to footwear disconnected astatine 6:30 p.m. Saturday successful the nation's capital, but the patriotic lawsuit besides is expected to look protests and gloomy weather.
The parade volition agelong down Constitution Avenue, opening adjacent the Lincoln Memorial and concluding adjacent the Washington Monument astatine astir 9:30 p.m. The parade honors the 250th day of the founding of the U.S. Army — which was established 1 twelvemonth earlier the signing of the Declaration of Independence — and besides coincides with Flag Day and Trump's 79th birthday.
The patriotic lawsuit is portion of Trump's "Task Force 250," which was established successful January by an enforcement bid and coordinates plans celebrating the 250th day of American independency connected July 4, 2026.
The parade, however, comes arsenic riots and protests proceed successful Los Angeles implicit the Trump administration's migration efforts to deport millions of amerciable aliens who flooded the federation nether the Biden administration, and aft Israel launched preemptive strikes connected Iran Thursday evening.
The parade is besides slated to look stormy weather, with forecasters predicting thunderstorms Saturday day and rainfall going into the evening.
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Army helicopters, including Black Hawks, Apaches, Chinooks and different subject aircraft, volition beryllium utilized successful the upcoming U.S. Army's 250th day parade, which besides coincides with Flag Day and U.S. President Trump's birthday. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images )
Protests successful effect to the subject parade, and caller ICE raids being conducted successful Los Angeles, are expected to unfold successful cities nationwide. In Washington, visitors and locals tin expect the Refuse Fascism protest, an "equity march" successful downtown D.C., arsenic good arsenic a "Pro-Democracy Picnic" astatine Fort Reno Park, Fox News Digital found.
"No Kings" protesters are anticipated to converge connected cities nationwide to protestation what they accidental is Trump starring the federation similar a "king," though determination volition not beryllium a "No Kings" protests successful D.C. due connected Saturday. Instead, specified protests volition beryllium held successful neighboring towns and cities, specified arsenic successful the Virginia cities of Alexandria and Arlington.
Army soldiers dressed successful historical uniforms up of the US Army's 250th Anniversary Parade successful Washington, June 13, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Trump was asked astir the "No Kings" protestation during a Thursday bill-signing lawsuit astatine the White House, which sparked Trump to quip helium "doesn't consciousness similar a king."
A US Army basal successful beforehand of the White House up of the US Army's 250th Anniversary Parade successful Washington, DC, US, connected Friday, June 13, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"I don't consciousness similar a king," Trump responded. "I person to spell done hellhole to get worldly approved. A king would say, 'I'm not gonna get this.' A king would person ne'er had the California mandate to adjacent beryllium talking. He wouldn’t person to telephone up (Speaker) Mike Johnson and (Senate Majority Leader John) Thune and say, ‘Fellas you got to propulsion this off’ and aft years we get it done," helium said, referring to 3 resolutions helium signed Thursday ending electrical conveyance mandates originating successful California. "No, nary we’re not a king. We’re not a king astatine all."
Trump antecedently said that immoderate imaginable convulsive protesters targeting the parade volition beryllium met with a "very dense force."
TRUMP WARNS ANY POTENTIAL PROTESTORS AT HIS MILITARY PARADE WILL BE ‘MET WITH VERY BIG FORCE’
President Donald Trump volition big a subject parade marking the 250th day of the US Army, arsenic good arsenic his ain 79th birthday, June 14, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"If there's immoderate protestation erstwhile they travel out, they volition beryllium met with precise large force," Trump told reporters Tuesday. "I haven't adjacent heard astir a protest. But radical that hatred our state … they volition beryllium met with precise dense force."
The parade has been celebrated by the medication arsenic the "biggest" military parade successful U.S. history.
"We emotion our subject and instrumentality large pridefulness successful honoring our warfighters," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said successful a connection to Fox News successful May. "In solemnisation of 250 years of the U.S. Army, we volition propulsion the biggest and astir beauteous subject parade successful our nation’s history."
"The president is readying an historical solemnisation of the Army’s 250th day that volition grant generations of selfless Americans who person risked everything for our freedom," White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley added successful remark to Fox Digital successful May, previewing the parade.
"Exactly 250 years ago, the archetypal American patriots died for the origin of Independence. We beryllium our state to them and to each solider who has fixed their beingness for our federation successful the 2½ centuries since."
US Army soldiers dressed successful historical uniforms up of the US Army's 250th Anniversary Parade successful Washington, DC, US, connected Friday, June 13, 2025. US President Donald Trump volition big a subject parade marking the 250th day of the US Army, arsenic good arsenic his ain 79th birthday, connected June 14. Photographer: ( Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Approximately 6,600 U.S. Army soldiers volition enactment successful the parade. The parade volition besides see 150 Army vehicles, including the Abrams vessel and 50 aircraft, including the Black Hawk.
There volition besides beryllium a flyover and a parachute jump, and humanities subject re-enactors.
A subject parade honoring the Army's 250th day volition beryllium held aft Trump's "Task Force 250" enforcement bid successful January. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
The parade comes aft Israel launched preemptive strikes connected Iran Thursday evening pursuing months of attempted and stalled atomic negotiations and consequent heightened interest Iran was advancing its atomic program. The strikes targeted Iran's atomic and rocket infrastructure, and killed astatine slightest 4 Iranian subject leaders.
Iran has said the strikes were a "declaration of war."
"Two months agone I gave Iran a 60 time ultimatum to "make a deal." They should person done it! Today is time 61. I told them what to do, but they conscionable couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a 2nd chance!" Trump posted to Truth Social connected Friday up of gathering with his National Security Council to sermon the strikes.
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Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman and Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
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