America, but Make It North Korea
Flags will wave in the evening breeze. Jets will roar overhead. Abrams tanks will crawl down Constitution Avenue in a carefully choreographed show of strength.
And Donald Trump – the birthday boy – will stand at attention, chest puffed, basking in the applause like a real dictator. The media will catch it all: red, white, and blue debauchery. A day of worship disguised as patriotism.
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Before those tanks head out to rattle the pavement beneath them, thousands of soldiers will have been waiting since before sunrise – bused in from distant posts, most skipping breakfast to make first formation. Commanders and NCOs will bark orders in a frantic effort to make the day look flawless–serving not country, but ego. Troops will stand in the June heat, knees slightly bent to avoid passing out, stuck in formation, waiting for Dear Leader to arrive.
This isn’t patriotism. It’s performance. Not a tribute to the military or the nation – but to a man whose birthday celebration looks like the dictators he idolizes.
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