Video Of Tank Squeaking Through Sparse Crowd At Trump's Military Parade Sparks Hilarious Memes

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

40 million dollar parade and they couldn’t buy some WD-40 for squeaky old tank?

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People are cracking up after a video of a tank squeaking through a sparse crowd down Constitution Avenue on Saturday during President Donald Trump's military parade sparked commentary and memes about the controversial event.

Trump had long wanted a military showcase in the U.S.; during his first term, he expressed a desire for a military parade after witnessing a Bastille Day parade in Paris. However, the event he gave—a celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary that also coincided with his 79th birthday—was poorly organized.

And few images of the day exemplify this hot mess more than the sight of a squeaky tank rolling down the street during the festivities... not exactly the image of military might one would have anticipated.

This is next-level cringe.

— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T17:45:36.948Z

The second-hand embarrassment was real—and the commentary was hilarious.

I've seen more people in the doctor's office

Shouldn’t there be lonely horns playing in accompaniment?


“Shall we oil the wheels?”

“Nobody’s gonna know”

“They’re gonna know”

😎

Squeaking like a Nazi army tank in 1944, after they had run out of replacement ball bearings.

I can hear those squeaks from a mile away

LOL there's nobody there. It looks like a JV middle school game. The only people who showed up are the parents

40 million dollar parade and they couldn’t buy some WD-40 for squeaky old tank?

what a waste of 40 million dollars .


😂

Gary Shteyngart
I had more people show up to my bris.

😂

Lord knows the Army has done a good job trying to make this about anything but being the bestest birthday party for a wannabe authoritarian, but my sense of pride today comes from the fact this was sparsely attended while protests for our Constitutional rights were huge.