President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s expecting a grand military parade in Washington this coming weekend—and warned that any protesters seeking to disrupt it would be met with “very heavy force.”
The June 14 military parade—which caps a week-long celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday—will include military demonstrations, static equipment displays, and culminate in an evening concert and fireworks show.
“We’re going to celebrate big on Saturday,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on June 10. “If any protesters want to come out, they will be met with very big force.”
While Trump said he hadn’t heard of any plans to protest the parade—which also falls on the president’s 79th birthday—he said that anyone who would do such a thing has no respect for America….