Military parades? Leave the ostentatious flexing to the French

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It was a typical contretemps in the Trump era: an odd and pointless idea, vaguely described and not well formed, trickled out into the media — and the media and Democrats reacted hysterically with cries of fascism.

President Trump wants a military parade in Washington, D.C. “The marching orders were: ‘I want a parade like the one in France,’” a military official said. We don’t know the president’s intentions or motivations for this. We also don’t know his specific plans. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, when asked in a Wednesday press conference, couldn’t give any answers.

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