On the one hand, the military parade of Washington for the 250 years of the army strongly desired by Donald Trumpwho greeted the participants by saying: “You make the Americans proud”. On the other, the protests of the ‘No Kings’ movement from Seattle to Los Angeleswith clashes that caused a serious injuries to Salt Lake City and dozens of arrests in many cities. The American night, also marked by the attack in Minnesota in a who was killed a democratic deputy with his husband, has made the image of a divided country plastically.
The President of the United States attended the first military parade in Washington in 34 years from the VIP stage, flanked by the First Lady Melania Trump and the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth. His deputy JD Vance wishes Trump to 79th birthday. “All other countries celebrate their victories, it’s time to do it for America and we are doing it tonight,” he commented at the end of the two -hour parade with 7 thousand soldiers with 150 vehicles.
In the same hours in many cities protests were staged which according to the organizers brought millions of people to the square. In Los Angeles, the epicenter of the revolt where Trump has deployed the National Guard and the Marine, the police used tear gas to disperse the protesters. 15 demonstrators were stopped in Las Vegas but the most serious disorders occurred at Salt Lake Cityin Utah, where three people were arrested after a protester was seriously injured by a shot. In Seattle, firecrackers and fireworks were launched in front of the federal building.
Tensions also in New Yorkwhere the demonstrators protested in front of the ICE headquarters, the federal agency that deals with raids against migrants.