Tanks rolling down Constitution Avenue.
Soldiers marching in lockstep.
Lines of apocalyptic missiles on display.
A hyper-nationalist spectacle fit for a dictatorship.

This was Trump’s vision for a military parade on June 14, the Army’s anniversary, which conveniently fell on the same day as his 79th birthday.

A tank parade isn’t about honoring service. It’s about idolizing power. And like everything Trump touches, he expects someone else to foot the bill.

Thankfully, Rep. Steve Cohen introduced H.R. 2761, the Halting All Parades for Presidents’ Yearly Birthdays; It Risks Taxpayer Harm, Damages, And Your (HAPPY BIRTHDAY) Budget Act, to protect your tax dollars from being squandered on personal glorification ever again.

Congress holds the keys to the purse and can prevent even a single taxpayer dollar from being used to fund more of Trump’s vanity stunts or any future president’s tank parade of their own. We need to flood Congress with messages from activists like you demanding they pass the HAPPY BIRTHDAY Budget Act and refuse to authorize so much as a penny toward a military parade now or ever.