President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that protestors at his upcoming military parade in Washington, D.C., will be met with “heavy force.”
“We’re going to be celebrating big on Saturday,” Trump said at the White House about the parade marking the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.
“And if there’s any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force,” said Trump, before repeating that threat twice.
“I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, this is people that hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.”
But security officials and the U.S. Secret Service, during a briefing Monday, said that they were tracking roughly nine protests aimed at the parade, which is being held on Trump’s 79th birthday.
