{"id":192656,"date":"2025-10-06T06:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/192656\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T06:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:48:10","slug":"donald-trump-self-soothes-after-d-c-parade-flop-with-navy-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/192656\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Self-Soothes After D.C. Parade Flop With Navy Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Navy has gone all out to impress Donald Trump with a show of military might after he was reportedly disappointed with June\u2019s 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that doubled as his 79th birthday party.<\/p>\n

The president attended the extravagant military event on Sunday despite the government being shut down. The celebration in Norfolk, Virginia marked the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n

The Army\u2019s event in Washington, D.C. on June 14 was overshadowed by \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests that took place across the country attended by millions. The military anniversary event cost taxpayers $30 million<\/a>, with footage of \u201clackluster\u201d soldiers marching out of step going viral.<\/p>\n

\"U.S.U.S. President Donald Trump observes a demonstration from the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier on October 5, 2025. Alex Wong\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

First Lady Melania Trump was caught on camera resting her eyes<\/a> during the procession, while crowd figures<\/a> were less than impressive.<\/p>\n

In August, The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported that Trump was planning a do-over<\/a> parade<\/a> to make up for June\u2019s disappointing event, hoping the Navy could pull off a \u201cshimmering spectacle with seacraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump finally got the wish he didn\u2019t receive for his birthday on Sunday, with the Navy giving the president and the First Lady a personalized show of force with a fighter jet sporting \u201cPresident Donald J. Trump \u201845-47\u2019\u201d printed on it.<\/p>\n

\"NORFOLK,First Lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump embrace in Virginia. Alex Wong\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

The pair witnessed a military demonstration while they stood on the deck of the USS George H. W. Bush super carrier, where Navy destroyers fired missiles and shells into the Atlantic Ocean while Navy SEALs dropped from helicopters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just given a display with the wonderful first lady, the likes of which I think few people have ever seen before,\u201d Trump bragged to an audience of 10,000 sailors. \u201cThe display of strength was absolutely incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Navy planes flew overhead Trump as he started his rambling 45 minute speech, with sailors chanting \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d <\/p>\n

During his lengthy speech, Trump forgot the name of one of his own books, in which he claimed that he flagged Osama bin Laden as a potential problem.<\/p>\n

\"FirstFirst Lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump speak with people aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. Alex Wong\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the book, I wrote, whatever the hell the title, I can\u2019t tell you, but I can tell you there\u2019s a page in there devoted to the fact that I saw somebody named Osama bin Laden, and I didn\u2019t like it, and you got to take care of him,\u201d Trump stated.<\/p>\n

He also praised disgraced former White House physician Ronny Jackson who claimed he was healthier<\/a> than former presidents Obama and Bush.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a press conference, they asked [Jackson], \u2018Who\u2019s in the best shape? Who\u2019s the healthiest? Who\u2019s the strongest? Who\u2019s the best physical specimen of the three?\u2019 He said, \u2018That\u2019s easy: President Donald Trump,\u201d Trump said, adding, \u2018I love this guy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump walked off stage to the Village People\u2019s disco hit \u201cY.M.C.A\u201d, a former gay anthem now reclaimed as a MAGA soundtrack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Navy has gone all out to impress Donald Trump with a show of military might after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1377,43,96000,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-192656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-headlines","tag-navy","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}