Washington military parade may be relegated to news coverage on the streaming arms of the major TV networks. The parade marks the founding of the U.S. Army during the American Revolutionary War 250 years ago.

President Donald Trump threatened to use force against those who protest the military parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the Army on Saturday, June 14.

When President Donald Trump returned from a Bastille Day visit to Paris during his first term, he asked his military brass to organize a parade akin to the one he’d watched march down the Champs-Élysées.

Trump's effort to use the military to quell protests received pushback for his staff during his first administration. Now he's trying again.

I haven’t even heard about a protest,” at the Saturday event in Washington celebrating the Army, he said, but “this is people that hate our country.”

Trump did not differentiate between those who will protest peacefully from those intent on inflicting violence.

McCool said thousands of agents, officers and specialists will be deployed from law enforcement agencies from across the country. The FBI and Metropolitan Police Department both told reporters there were no credible threats to the event.