He Considers them Suckers and Losers

And then orders them to hold a massive parade for his birthday.

Jun 09, 2025

Yorktown Surrender, 1781, artist John Trumbull

The American Revolution was won with the British surrender at the Siege of Yorktown, which took place from September 28 to October 19, 1781.

The war came to a formal conclusion with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, which recognized the independence of the United States and established borders for our new nation.

The United States formed its union with the ratification of the Constitution on March 4, 1789, which established a stronger federal government to replace the earlier Articles of Confederation.

25,000 Americans lost their lives fighting for independence from the rule of King George III.

While his administration is cutting funding for education, healthcare, housing, environmental protection, and foreign aid, President Donald Trump is having taxpayers foot the bill for a military parade to celebrate his 79th birthday, which coincides with Flag Day and the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary.

The estimated price tag? Upwards of $45 million.

A massive military parade for a man who dodged the draft by claiming he had bone spurs, disparaged Gold Star families, avoided public appearances with wounded service members, discounted the value of military sacrifice, suggested that veterans with PTSD are not strong, chose not to attend a memorial event in France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I because the rainy weather might muck up his hairdo, pulled an illegal stunt at Arlington National Cemetary using that sacred site for campaign purposes, and said this about Senator John McCain, "He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.”

A parade for a man who declares emergency powers he doesn’t have, wants Congress and the judiciary under his complete control, and has released this image of himself as king.

Official White House social media accounts posted an image of President Donald Trump wearing a crown with the caption “Long live the king.”...

No to Thrones, No to Crowns, No to Kings

From East to West, North to South, and throughout the heartland, “No Kings” protests are planned across the nation on the same day as Trump’s military parade.

Map of “No Kings” protests planned across the nation.

The Organizers of “No Kings” See It This Way:

“On June 14, Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.

No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance. From city blocks to small towns, from courthouse steps to community parks, we’re taking action to reject authoritarianism—and show the world what democracy really looks like.

We’re not gathering to feed his ego. We’re building a movement that leaves him behind.

The flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us. We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it.

On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t—to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings.”

James Madison, a framer of the Constitution and the 4th President of the United States, warned: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands…may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”