Two possibilities:
- They know some serious shit is liable to go down.
- They know some serious shit is intended to go down.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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- It was all a massive grift and they never intended to do it well to begin with.
I dunno, I think attending someone's party for themselves is pretty fucking cringe. They've already kissed the ring, I can't imagine it's fun for them to grovel. They just do it when they have to satisfy the crown and virtue signal to their base since they didn't vote for them as much as they did for a Trump green light. Nobody is twisting their arm in this case.
I reckon it's just going to be seriously lame and underwhelming.
57% chance of thunderstorms
They could be busy with shit in their states, they could not want photos/videos/records of them attending the events to exist in the future.
When your opponents say you are trying to become a police state and trample peoples rights, you probably don't want to be featured standing next to a tank on civilian streets.
In 1-3 years when they believe they will be running for office during an election that will potentially have far more people fleeing the MAGA agenda as people see the results, they will want to distance themselves and appear to have maybe been a more "moderate" Republican candidate. Hard to do standing next to a military vehicle resembling those that you rolled into metropolitan cities and whatever ensued occured because of it.
Wait, are we expecting some serious shit to go down ?
They're definitely going to murder some protestors
The only reason I'd watch.
Other than if people just started pelting the parade with tacos...
Let's do this in the most American way possible. To quote The Bloodhound Gang:
"Like that dude in Tienimen square, with a six-pack and a folding chair"
Intro to no escape
Not so fun fact: Trump is actually a fan of the way China handled that. Here's the quote:
"Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength.That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak... as being spit on by the rest of the world."
We should all just boycott the parade. Don't go, don't watch it, don't talk about it.
That would be the worst outcome for the Narcissist in Chief
I don't know mate. Standing in front of a tank and shutting down down Fat Boy Hitler's farcical thuper duper birthday parade would be one for the history books. There's not a farts chance in a hurricane that this doesn't go down as a comical clusterfuck.
This whole parade is getting shut down, I promise you.
Are you certain they won't just run you over or shoot you? Because I would put that at maybe 30%.
I suspect they know that.
I appreciate your optimism.
People should protest somewhere else and draw attention away from the parade, not add to it.
That's my plan.
Major news outlets will not cover the protests. They will happily film the parade though. They will put forth an air of cautious optimism to endear dear leader to their outlet. The only way this gets any MAJOR public attention is if people stop the parade. It will be stopped, there will be a LOT of police action, which will prompt riots, which will prompt more attention. Trump may use it to enact martial law, but he'll do so at his own detriment. It will not look well at all, but the cancellation of his parade, plus the chaos that will be martial law will only spark more civil discourse throughout the nation.
It's about to get hairy, folks.
July 4th...
That would be a beautiful thing.... Wouldn't it?
It's my prediction for when the Civil War starts. I made it just after the election.
Well that would be nice if everyone was on board. But even if the people that hate him don't turn up, the people that love him will. That would be enough for him.
How big does an asteroid need to be to wipe out just ~~50~~ eight people but leave everything else untouched?
....about the size of a mortar shell.
That’s reminds me of a time I got in a small argument with a friend back in high school.
He said, “I hope a plane crashes into your house… but it will only kill you. It won’t hurt your family or break your house or anything.”
After that, the argument was over as we were both laughing so hard.
Donnie Darko-esque lol
I’m trying so hard to find a sitter so I can go protest this shit in DC.