America, but Make It North Korea

This isn’t a display of national pride or patriotism – it’s a spectacle. Every tank is a stand-in for Trump's need to feel powerful.

Flags will wave in the evening breeze. Jets will roar overhead. Abrams tanks will crawl down Constitution Avenue in a carefully choreographed show of strength.

And Donald Trump – the birthday boy – will stand at attention, chest puffed, basking in the applause like a real dictator. The media will catch it all: red, white, and blue debauchery. A day of wo…