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Forbes reports social media activists on TikTok claimed credit for the modest crowd size. Users in the U.S., Canada, Scotland and Australia claimed they reserved tickets with no plans to The attendance at Trump's Army birthday parade is heavily disputed, with dramatically conflicting claims about crowd size. The White House, through communications director Steven Cheung, claimed 250,000 people attended the parade [1] [2]. The 2019 Salute to America was an event arranged by the Trump administration held on Independence Day, July 4, 2019, in Washington, D.C. It took place at the National Mall and included presentations of U.S. military vehicles, an address by President Donald Trump from the Lincoln Memorial, flyovers by military aircraft, and a fireworks display. Despite Trump’s attempts to hype the event, attendance appeared light — there were considerably fewer people on the National Mall on Saturday than there would be for a typical Fourth of July celebration. And attendance at Trump’s parade was dwarfed by the millions who showed up at roughly 2,000 anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in cities At Wednesday's coronavirus task force briefing, President Donald Trump let the topic drift to his Fourth of July military parade last year — and compared the crowd size to that for Dr. Martin C-SPAN, Lincoln Memorial Scenes at Fourth of July Celebration, No, the National Mall Web Cam Wasn’t Turned Off to Hide the Crowd Size at Trump’s July 4 Speech, July 5, 2019. While the parade was ostensibly to honor the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, and not Trump’s 79th, Vance hyped Trump’s remarks as “the main event” of the night. Donald Trump came under fire for politicising the US Independence Day celebrations, after ordering a large military parade through the nation’s capital city and delivering a speech of his own at The 250th Birthday of the U.S. Army Grand Military Parade and Celebration[7] (widely referred to as " Trump's military parade " [a]) took place on June 14, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., to officially commemorate the 250th anniversary of the traditional date of the founding of the United States Army on June 14, 1775, the WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump finally got his North Korea-style military parade for his birthday Saturday, which featured tanks and rocket launchers rolling down the streets of the The parade - which fell on Trump's 79th birthday - involved nearly 7,000 soldiers, flyovers and fireworks Thousands attended the parade in the nation's capital, although rain seemed to dampen turnout But when the day came, it was something closer to a medium-sized town’s July 4th celebration. There were families, picnics, bad weather and small crowds . There were no 20-foot missiles or long Here’s a closer look at the simultaneous events. Trump’s military parade attendance. The parade was held to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army — and it also coincided with Flag Day and President Trump’s 79th birthday. It featured armored tanks, helicopters, and historical military equipment. Approximately 5 million turned out against Trump at the "No Kings" protests; turnout for Trump's military parade appeared to be in the thousands. Trump really likes his crowd sizes. 4th of July Sale - $1 for 3 months - Unlimited Digital Access On Trump's parade, I'm a former hotel manager including a time in sales. I ran some room Donald Trump made false claims about the crowd size in his rallies leading up to the presidential election. So, we fully expect him to come up with theories to either excuse or "boost" the attendance numbers to soften the blow to his ego. Trump’s team claims 250,000 supporters watched his military parade. ‘No Kings’ protests drew at least 4 million, experts say ‘No Kings’ protests were estimated to have drawn more than The Independent compared the crowd size to a "medium-sized town's July 4th celebration" 3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement. Several factors suggest potential manipulation of attendance figures: The White House consistently maintained a 250,000 attendance figure, while independent estimates were significantly lower Reports of crowds from 1,000 to 5,000 people, assembled in Market Square in Alexandria, Virginia, to protest the idea that Trump would hold a military parade on what is also his 79th Trump parade crowd size: $46 million Washington DC military parade was smaller than expected and unfolded against a backdrop of protests and political violence
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