Donald Trump loves a parade
Pundits and lawmakers weighed in on  President Trump 's plans for a military parade in Washington. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
So.  President Trump  wants a parade.  He  went to France and saw a parade  and  he  wants one like they had  but bigger and creepier (which  incidentally  is similar to what France said after seeing the American Revolution).
We had better have some elephants as well  and if a parade has elephants it had better include also a long line of captives paying tribute to Rome as they march toward the gladiatorial arena  so those had better be found.  Trump  will enjoy those  I think.
 Trump  will be presented with a medal  honoring  his  service that time  he  rescued a Marineâs hat from blowing off.
This desire for parades is a quirk  nothing more  and there is nothing particularly bizarre about it.  Trump  loves a military parade; that is simply a fact about  Trump  that is known. What is the point of a military if no one gets to see how big and impressive it is and watch you wielding it? In life  there is the joy of possessing and the joy of being seen to possess. Has  Trump  ever known the first joy? Has  he  ever entirely severed it from the second? If no one sees you having something  is it even worth having?
Theoretically we have a military not because we want to parade it around  but so we can protect the actual things we really like (freedom  oil  in some order). But never mind.  Trump  wants a parade.
Wait   Trump  will say  in a whisper  as Melania moves to rise. Do you not see it is still going?
Everyone will freeze where they are  for nothing coming down the parade route will be visible to their eyes. But  Trump  will see  it . Names will form on  his  lips that have not alighted there in decades. A teacher who never recognized  his  genius. Someone at Wharton who had said something just out of earshot and everyone around  him  had laughed  and then  Trump  had approached and the laughter had stopped.  Roy . The pope  not this one or the last one  but the one before. Frederick Douglass. Women  nameless and faceless and apologetic. People of all kinds  begging forgiveness. And he will give it (what is the point in forgiving if you cannot be seen doing it?) â he will forgive them all.
Pundits and lawmakers weighed in on  President Trump 's plans for a military parade in Washington. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
So.  President Trump  wants a parade.  He  went to France and saw a parade  and  he  wants one like they had  but bigger and creepier (which  incidentally  is similar to what France said after seeing the American Revolution).
We had better have some elephants as well  and if a parade has elephants it had better include also a long line of captives paying tribute to Rome as they march toward the gladiatorial arena  so those had better be found.  Trump  will enjoy those  I think.
 Trump  will be presented with a medal  honoring  his  service that time  he  rescued a Marineâs hat from blowing off.
This desire for parades is a quirk  nothing more  and there is nothing particularly bizarre about it.  Trump  loves a military parade; that is simply a fact about  Trump  that is known. What is the point of a military if no one gets to see how big and impressive it is and watch you wielding it? In life  there is the joy of possessing and the joy of being seen to possess. Has  Trump  ever known the first joy? Has  he  ever entirely severed it from the second? If no one sees you having something  is it even worth having?
Theoretically we have a military not because we want to parade it around  but so we can protect the actual things we really like (freedom  oil  in some order). But never mind.  Trump  wants a parade.
Wait   Trump  will say  in a whisper  as Melania moves to rise. Do you not see it is still going?
Everyone will freeze where they are  for nothing coming down the parade route will be visible to their eyes. But  Trump  will see  it . Names will form on  his  lips that have not alighted there in decades. A teacher who never recognized  his  genius. Someone at Wharton who had said something just out of earshot and everyone around  him  had laughed  and then  Trump  had approached and the laughter had stopped.  Roy . The pope  not this one or the last one  but the one before. Frederick Douglass. Women  nameless and faceless and apologetic. People of all kinds  begging forgiveness. And he will give it (what is the point in forgiving if you cannot be seen doing it?) â he will forgive them all.