Between the hours of sweltering heat and waiting in lines that went for blocks, it's no wonder the energy was so low at Trump's authoritarian-style display.

Between the hours of sweltering heat and waiting in lines that went for blocks, it's no wonder the energy was so low at Trump's authoritarian-style display.

Trump’s army parade was neither the totalitarian North Korean spectacle that critics had grimly predicted, nor the triumph of Maga nationalism fans craved

The uniformed soldiers marched irregularly, slightly off beat; the turnout was small and the crowd seemed defeated