Trump had long dreamt of a big military parade. During his first term, he was left feeling envious after watching a Bastille Day parade in France in 2017. “We’re going to have to try and top it,” Trump told France’s President Macron a few months after the event.
Didn’t this all start with the French
Trump liked the French parade apparently.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reamed-out-hegseth-for-flop-birthday-parade-author/
Narrator: “He didn’t.”