The Internet Is Truly Losing It Over This Squeaky Tank And Empty Crowd At Trump's Military Parade
As you all know, Trump's military parade was on Saturday.
A lot of the discourse has centered around crowd size.
So, Journalist Elizabeth Landers captured this video of a tank that people are finding unintentionally hilarious. Trust me, you need the sound on for this one:
Rolling through Constitution Ave #Army250 pic.twitter.com/wo4zwdQVMJ
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) June 14, 2025
Twitter: @ElizLanders
The comments are very funny.
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"Fourteen people and a squeaky tank I'm crying," this person commented.
"The silence with the wheels squeaking is SENDING ME," another person wrote.
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This person compared the audio to a SpongeBob meme.
Another person called it the "military version of the screeching sneakers."
And this person said, "This is like something out of the Simpsons."
Then there are these type of jokes: "More people showed up to the Jack Schlossberg lookalike contest than this hahahahahah."
"The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World has 1-2 parades a day, every day, that are more well-attended than this sad little belly flop."
"I had more people at my Bar Mitzvah party."
And lastly, "I've seen more people at Applebees on a Tuesday."
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