{"id":2441561,"date":"2025-06-01T20:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-horrified-by-trumps-military-vanity-parade-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:40:14","slug":"adam-schiff-horrified-by-trumps-military-vanity-parade-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-horrified-by-trumps-military-vanity-parade-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Schiff \u2018horrified\u2019 by Trump\u2019s \u2018military vanity\u2019 parade &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fadam-schiff-horrified-by-trumps-military-vanity-parade-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2441561&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) has expressed his strong disapproval of a military parade planned in Washington D.C. to honor the military&#8217;s 250th anniversary, coinciding with President Trump&#8217;s birthday. In his comments, Schiff described the event as a &#8220;party&#8221; of Trump&#8217;s power and criticized it as a display of &#8220;military vanity,&#8221; akin to parades held by authoritarian leaders like Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin.He conveyed his concern that the parade would be seen as an assertion of Trump&#8217;s control over the military,and he highlighted how it distinguishes itself from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >conventional holiday parades<\/a> by focusing on the president rather than a patriotic celebration. The parade is expected to last three hours, starting from the Pentagon and concluding with fireworks on the National Mall, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-americans-support-building-wall-for-first-time-amid-border-crisis-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority of Americans Back Wall Construction Amid Border Crisis\">estimated costs ranging<\/a> from $25 million to $45 million, which Trump has brushed off as negligible. Schiff argues that the parade poses risks to the District of Columbia, jeopardizing federal funding as leverage against local governance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Adam Schiff &lsquo;horrified&rsquo; by Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;military vanity&rsquo; parade<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2130753\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/adam-schiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Adam Schiff<\/a> (D-CA) decried the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">military<\/a> parade being held in Washington D.C., in mid-June, claiming it is a &ldquo;celebration&rdquo; of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his &ldquo;power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The parade is being held to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3422824\/trump-military-parade-army-250-anniversary-celebration-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">honor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-biden-administration-is-politicizing-the-military\/\" title=\"How the Biden Administration is Politicizing the Military\">military&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s 250th anniversary<\/a> on June 14, which is also Trump&rsquo;s birthday. Schiff, a frequent critic of the president, said he was &ldquo;horrified&rdquo; by the parade, suggesting it is the latest example of how &ldquo;Trump 2.0 is so much worse&rdquo; than Trump&rsquo;s first term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3427970\/raphael-warnock-biden-2024-tapper-book-original-sin-its-over\/\">Warnock uninterested in Biden 2024 postmortem after being named in Tapper book: &#8216;It&#8217;s over&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3427909\/paul-four-republicans-opposed-trump-tax-bill\/\">Paul says &#8216;at least four&#8217; Republicans opposed to Trump tax bill but insists &#8216;I want to vote for it&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3427803\/trump-warns-rand-paul-against-opposition-big-beautiful-bill\/\">Trump warns Rand Paul against opposition to &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Trump wanted to do this in his first administration, and the mayor of D.C. at the time, because, among other things, this would destroy the roads to have these tanks going down the streets in Washington, D.C.,&rdquo; Schiff stated on the <em>Lovett or Leave It podcast<\/em>. &ldquo;Famously said, or tweeted, &lsquo;tanks, but no tanks,&rsquo; but now there&rsquo;s no protest to it because the District of Columbia has to worry about the president of the United States essentially trashing the district &ndash; withholding any kind of funding or using other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-denomination-known-for-aiding-refugees-reveals-its-true-agenda-when-refugees-of-the-wrong-skin-color-show-up\/\" title=\"Liberal Denomination Known for Aiding Refugees Reveals Its True Agenda When Refugees of the \u2018Wrong\u2019 Skin Color Show Up\">federal means<\/a> to disenfranchise further the people of the District of Columbia. And it just shows how much danger there is from this now unrestrained executive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZH0VA-l_Sgo?si=kRtCz0zjKb7XJ4CC&amp;start=189\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>The senator then claimed that Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;military vanity show&rdquo; is similar to one that North Korean leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kim-jong-un\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kim Jong Un<\/a> or Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> would host. He also claimed this is Trump&rsquo;s way of saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m in charge of the military&rdquo; and can call it up whenever.<\/p>\n<p>In comparing the parade to others hosted on holidays like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/independence-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Independence Day<\/a>, Schiff said this parade is &ldquo;fundamentally different&rdquo; because it&rsquo;s &ldquo;a celebration of the president and his power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3425331\/mark-bashaw-humbled-pardon-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">COURT-MARTIALED ARMY OFFICER &lsquo;HUMBLED&rsquo; BY PARDON FROM TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The parade&rsquo;s route will stretch from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., culminating on the National Mall. The parade will go for three hours beginning at 6:30 p.m. and concluding with fireworks at 9:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the parade is estimated to be somewhere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3413666\/trump-military-parade-cost-army-250th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">between $25 million and $45 million<\/a>. However, Trump largely dismissed the cost, describing it as &ldquo;peanuts compared to the value of doing it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2130753\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2130753\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Schiff condemns Trump&#8217;s &#8216;military vanity&#8217; parade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2441562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Schiff-military-parade-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36040,54530,32171,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2441561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-adam-schiff","tag-military-parade","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Schiff-military-parade-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441565,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441561\/revisions\/2441565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}