President Trump's military parade plan is a brilliant moveâCommentary
President Donald Trump wants a parade  and it's setting off yet another angry debate.
That imagery also works well for  Trump . Appearing with the troops with big American flags providing the backdrop is almost never a negative for any president.
It's that image of  Trump  as the ultimate cheerleader and defender of the troops and the military that seems to be working for him right now. Last month  he framed the government shutdown as the Democrats choosing the so-called "Dreamer" illegal immigrants over paying the troops. The polls seem to show the president won the shutdown battle thanks to that argument.
It seems more than a coincidence that this is also the time that the president's support for a military parade leaks out to the news media.  Trump  can now take a page out of  his  shutdown strategy and make the point that the parade would really be a celebration of the troops and ask why any American would oppose that.
 Trump  knows  he  won the election largely due to active duty troops and veterans. That's why this parade idea works for  him  and fighting and ridiculing it could be a dangerous trap for those who oppose  him .
 [TGT]  wants a parade  and it's setting off yet another angry debate.
That imagery also works well for  [TGT]  . Appearing with the troops with big American flags providing the backdrop is almost never a negative for any president.
It's that image of  Trump  as the ultimate cheerleader and defender of the troops and the military that seems to be working for him right now. Last month  he framed the government shutdown as the Democrats choosing the so-called "Dreamer" illegal immigrants over paying the troops. The polls seem to show  [TGT]  won the shutdown battle thanks to that argument.
It seems more than a coincidence that this is also the time that  [TGT] 's support for a military parade leaks out to the news media.   [TGT] can now take a page out of   [TGT]   shutdown strategy and make the point that the parade would really be a celebration of the troops and ask why any American would oppose that.
  [TGT] knows   [TGT]   won the election largely due to active duty troops and veterans. That's why this parade idea works for  him  and fighting and ridiculing it could be a dangerous trap for those who oppose  him .