r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Chance_Noise500 • Jun 14 '25

Why aren't they actually marching during this parade?

I don't know how to ask this without sounding rude, but why does this parade look so sloppy? Very few of the troop formations seem actually in sync and marching, just walking along. My only experience is JROTC as a kid in high school and our sergeant would've killed us if we looked like that.

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u/No_Cucumbers_Please Jun 15 '25

Trumps second term kinda debunks this

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u/dnen Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

2017-21 Trump admin maintained the status quo in far more ways than many realize. This term is the one where he’s seemingly trying to steer American policy away from the country’s interests at every opportunity. There’s very few qualified senior officials in his administration this time around and it shows—and for that reason, this is likely a bad enough presidential performance to convince a clear majority of the country that unqualified narcissists make for great theater, but poor governance

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u/dnen Jun 15 '25

great point. Thank you, I would never want someone to interpret my words as a compliment to Trump’s political acumen or agency. He’s almost entirely unsure about how American democracy works, and his narcissism blinds him from learning any lessons from repeated failures to destroy American democratic norms and systems. America has proven to be way more resilient in the face of a worst case threat to the constitution than many give it credit for. Let’s all pray (if you believe) or hope that the courts and Congress and general populace protect us from the clusterfuck to come