To the Editor:

Perhaps it’s just a distraction from the crashing markets, his profit-making golf tournament paid for by the Saudi’s, and
his thumbing his nose at the soldiers who died in Lithuania, but Trump now proposes a grand military parade for his
birthday. To the tune of $100mil, paid for by us. (Where is DOGE when we need it?)

If he follows through with this, he will be the first president in US history to pull this nonsense.

Even Dwight Eisenhower, an actual war hero, with deep ties to the military, never even considered a military parade in his
honor.

But it’s been in Trump’s dreams ever since seeing France’s Bastille Day parade in 2017. He’s like a little boy playing with
toy soldiers. No emotional awareness that people actually die in wars. So, Captain Bone Spurs wants to be honored while
completely blowing off the real soldiers who paid the ultimate price. You know, as he boasted after last weekend’s golf
tournament, he likes to win.

It’s consistent with what he said when he cancelled his visit to Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, in France, “Why should I go
to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.”

Now he wants soldiers who are ready to put their lives on the line—who risk becoming losers in his eyes—he wants them to
salute him on his birthday.

How old is he, 6? Or is he just kidding, to get your mind off how much money you’re losing in the market? If you have any.

Pat Collins,

Fillmore, Ca