During the military parade, President Donald Trump’s wife’s endearing nickname was “revealed” by a lip reader.
In honour of the US Army’s 250th anniversary, the president celebrated his 79th birthday on Saturday, June 14, with a massive $45 million military parade in Washington, DC.
Along with First Lady Melania Trump, his family, and other officials, Trump walked out to “Hail to the Chief” and “Happy Birthday” in order to witness the US military’s power in action. Tanks and aircraft from various decades, as well as uniformed soldiers in both vintage and contemporary attire, were seen patrolling the capital.
The march, which was the first time troops had assembled in such huge numbers through the streets since the end of the Gulf War in 1991, chronicled the tale of the American Army from the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Lexington to the present.
An astute professional lip reader asserts that Trump used a charming nickname in a three-word remark to his wife when he was at the podium.
Melania stroked Trump’s back as he walked to the platform, and he returned the touch.
As she walked to her seat, lip-reader Jeremy Freeman informed the Irish Star that Trump replied, “Thank you, baby.”
This followed an uncomfortable and, to be honest, strange conversation between the two.
According to Nicola Hickling, another lip reader, Melania said about the marching troops, “They’re good.”
Trump allegedly responded, “I pushed my finger on one of them.”
Yes, I also have no understanding what he meant by this.
“You didn’t do that,” Melania allegedly remarked after that.
Elsewhere during the event, Trump launched into an eight-minute-long speech to the attendees where he said in part, “Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did too.”
“We’re the hottest country in the world right now,” he added. “If you threaten the American people, our soldiers are coming for you.”
The Trumps and guests were then treated to a spectacular fireworks show over the Tidal Basin.
Although participants and news accounts indicate otherwise, White House communications director Steven Cheung bragged that over 250,000 ‘patriots showed up’ to support the event.
Reports from the Associated Press, the New York Times, and Fox News suggested that the turnout was significantly lower, leading many to assume that the figure was greatly exaggerated based on footage of the march and the throng.
Nevertheless, the POTUS declared the event a great “success” and stated he had dreamed of a military parade since his first term as president in 2017.
Speaking to Fox News, he said, “It was beautiful. We had a fantastic audience.”
This was the case even though ‘No Kings’ demonstrators were present and purposefully planned a confrontation to draw attention to the “people-powered movement and the costly, wasteful, and un-American birthday parade in Washington.”
In protest of Trump’s alleged authoritarian policies and his harsh migrant crackdown, which earlier this month sent thousands of National Guard soldiers and Marines to Los Angeles to quell civil unrest, protesters took to the streets of several major US cities on Saturday.
Numerous undocumented migrants were apprehended during immigration enforcement sweeps in Latino areas, causing disruption.
