{"id":66709,"date":"2018-02-07T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/07\/pentagon-says-trump-ordered-washington-military-parade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:36:08","slug":"pentagon-says-trump-ordered-washington-military-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/02\/07\/pentagon-says-trump-ordered-washington-military-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon says Trump ordered Washington military parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/09\/18\/who-loves-a-parade-trump-wants-to-showcase-military-might\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">a grand parade of the U.S. armed forces<\/a> in Washington this year to celebrate military strength, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post, which was first to report the plan, said Trump wants an elaborate parade this year with soldiers marching and tanks rolling, but no date has been selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the request Tuesday evening. She said Trump wants the Pentagon to \u201cexplore a celebration\u201d that will allow Americans to show appreciation for the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Pentagon spokesman, Charlie Summers, said Pentagon officials are aware of the request and are \u201clooking at options.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2017\/01\/19\/trump-to-hold-military-parades-as-u-s-forces-grow\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gulf-war-parade._Norman_Schwarzkopf_who_leads_the_Desert_Storm_Homecoming_Parade_in_Washington_D.C_-_NARA_-_186434.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump to hold military parades as U.S. forces grow<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In an interview with The Washington Post this week, President-elect Donald Trump floated the idea of using military parades to make good on his promise of rebuilding America\u2019s greatness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muscular military parades of the kind that are common in authoritarian countries like China and North Korea are not quintessentially American. The U.S. traditionally has not embraced showy displays of raw military power, such as North Korea\u2019s parading of ballistic missiles as a claim of international prestige and influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. military members commonly participate in parades on the Fourth of July and other holidays to mark appreciation and remembrance of military veterans, but these typically do not include gaudy displays of military hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her brief comment on Trump\u2019s order to the Pentagon, Sanders did not elaborate on what sort of event he envisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18037726790550.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18037726790550.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18037726790550.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18037726790550.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with law enforcement officials on the MS-13 street gang and border security, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has not commented publicly on the idea of a Washington military parade, the idea is not an obvious fit with his emphasis on focusing strictly, if not exclusively, on military activities that either improve the lethality of the armed forces or enhance their preparation for combat, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Post report said a Jan. 18 meeting between Trump, Mattis and top generals at the Pentagon marked a tipping point in Trump\u2019s push for a parade. It quoted an unidentified military official as saying, \u201cThe marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France.\u201d It was thus interpreted as a presidential order, the Post said, adding that the cost of shipping tanks and other military hardware to Washington could run in the millions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Post also reported that the Pentagon would prefer to hold such a parade on Veteran\u2019s Day in November, in part because it would coincide with the 100th anniversary of the victorious end of World War I. It would thus be less directly associated with the president and politics, the Post said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Kirby, a retired Navy rear admiral and former spokesman for the State Department and the Pentagon, wrote on CNN\u2019s website Tuesday night that a big military parade in Washington is a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst of all, the United States doesn\u2019t need a parade down Pennsylvania or any other avenue to show our military strength,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe do that every day in virtually every clime all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has long been conventional wisdom that the U.S. does not need to boast of its military strength because it already is recognized as the leader of the NATO alliance and a model of military professionalism that countries across the global seek to emulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last September, at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump announced his idea of staging a grand parade of the armed forces in Washington on July 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/07\/14\/france-gives-pride-of-place-to-the-us-for-its-bastille-day\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bastille-day-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">France gives pride of place to the US for its Bastille Day<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">French president Emmanuel Macron went all out Friday to seduce and impress President Donald Trump, and beyond him the whole American people, for France&#039;s annual Bastille Day, making this day of national pride also a celebration of American patriotism and friendship between the two countries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump reminisced about watching France\u2019s Bastille Day military parade when he visited Paris in July. 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