In Donald Trump's second term, which has lasted nearly five months, he's exhibiting autocratic behaviors by overstepping executive power and misusing taxpayer resources. A notable example includes a costly parade planned for June 14, 2025, celebrating the Army's two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary. This event coincides with Trump's seventy-ninth birthday and is projected to cost around $45 million. Artist David Plunkert's cover for the June 23 issue visually critiques this situation, using the juxtaposition of the Washington Monument with a party hat to emphasize the irony of the extravagance amid governmental overreach.
Nearly five months into Donald Trump's second term, he is not only increasingly turning America into an autocracy with his endless stream of abuses of executive power but also squandering significant amounts of taxpayer money.
His parade to celebrate the Army's two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary, which happens to fall on his seventy-ninth birthday, on June 14th, will cost as much as forty-five million dollars.
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