Believe Only Your Eyes And Not Trump's Lies

Despite the dismal failure of his sparsely-attended military parade/birthday party on a national #NOKINGS protest day, Donald Trump will surely lie and tell you things you didn't see. Trust your eyes!

OK, HELLO AFTER #NOKINGSDAY, WORLD...

I cannot express how proud I am of the people of the United States of America for coming out and showing out - together - to protest The Menace In The White House from sea to shining sea.

From Los Angeles to New York City, from Portland, Oregon to Philadelphia, to raised voices and sore feet all over Michigan and Kentucky and...

Hell, EVERYWHERE!

You know how big this country is. If there was a city, there was somebody walking around with an anti-DickTater sign with Donald Trump's name or face on it.

What I love more than anything is knowing that although there WERE SKIRMISHES during some protests - that is not what dominated the news.

Even more important is the fact that while estimated protesting crowds nationwide ranged between 5 and 12 MILLION citizens - most news reports aside from that which act as mouthpieces and megaphones for the Trump administration concluded that his Big Beautiful Birthday Military Parade Party in Washington, D.C. was an absolute bust.

You see, with former BFF Tech Bro Elon Musk no longer around to help him fake crowd size numbers, it was easy to see with the naked eye that had these simultaneous events occurred on Election Day, Our Dear Orange Leader would have lost in a landslide.

And I mean BIGLY.

For the expenditure of at least $50 million American tax dollars, Trump gave the United States Army a parade that lasted a GRAND TOTAL OF ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES.

Plus fireworks at night.

I can guarantee you that it took First Lady Melania Trump - who looked spectacular, by the way - at least TWO HOURS to get ready for this North Korea-style event that drew about ten thousand people.

I'm not sure you heard me, so I'll repeat it for the folks in those empty bleachers who may not have been able to hear me over the annoying din of that army tank's squeaky tracks:

Donald Trump, who has NOT lowered your gas and egg prices as he promised on the campaign trail, who has NOT stopped the Russia-Ukraine War on Day 1 as promised, who is NOT targeting just criminal illegal immigrants for deportation, and who has NOT shown us all this extra recovered "waste, fraud and corruption" cash, spent at least FIFTY MILLION OF OUR COLLECTIVE DOLLARS for a birthday coronation military party where he THOUGHT he'd be able to declare himself King of America.

Like many things MAGA in 2025, the whole thing looked and felt as wonky as an eight track cassette player in your car on a hot summertime day.

Just kinda slow, droopy - and not entertaining at all.

If you're an atheist or agnostic or simply don't believe in a higher power, then at least consider the possibility that The Universe has a sense of humor and perfect timing - because it literally did rain on Donald Trump's parade.

All dang day.

The absolute best sights for me?

1. Images and video of Trump looking as though he wanted to cry.

2. Watching the immaculate Melania somehow give the impression that she actually wants to be anywhere near the man she married for money. She surely knows now he wasn't worth it.

3. Video of Marco Rubio yawning and reconsidering his life choices.

4. Overhead footage of the rather empty scene making it impossible for Trump to lie and say that he exceeded the 200,000 adoring fans he expected.

5. Wondering who the black announcer was who excitedly lied his ass off about how exciting this ridiculous event was.

I could go on about the King's Parade That Nobody Attended, but I think it's much more appropriate to focus on the one word gift that all those inspiring Americans gave to Donald Trump for his 79th birthday.

They told him: "NO!"

They held signs that said NO to kings.

They yelled NO to ICE's unlawful immigration tactics.

They marched a unified NO to Trump's entire regime.

NO to his birthday.

NO to his "parade."

NO to the whole exhausting, expensive, chaotic, shameful and unnecessary charade.

If you like, I'll use my superpower of where I show and tell you just a couple things I'll bet you didn't notice about the day at all - and why I believe those things are significant.

Let me know in the comments.

Over the next couple days, an embarrassed Donald Trump is going to play the role of the big man in the crowd - towering over the huddled masses in his glorious Make America Great Again hat - and he will lie to you and tell you you did not see the things you saw.

He'll kinda be like the guy in the picture I've shared with you.

Knowing his next move, I am going to do a little experiment and ask you to start paying closer attention to all things, because in the Golden Age of Donald Trump, almost NOTHING is as it seems.

Now, if somebody has a can of oil to lend, I gotta go see a guy about a tank...

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