'Where's everybody going?' Confusion as 'hordes' of people exit Trump talk early

Donald Trump's birthday/military parade had some lowlights that were exposed by the New York Times.

NYT reporter John Ismay, who covers the Pentagon with a focus on armed conflict and the defense industry, attended the event on Saturday.

As part of his reporting, he provided the following live update:

"Overall this was a pretty listless and low-energy parade and crowd. People wearing Trump paraphernalia far outnumbered those wearing Army hats and shirts from what I could see."

He added, "There were no speakers along the parade route, so spectators couldn’t hear whatever was being broadcast by the announcers closer to the reviewing stand. People are now flooding across Constitution Avenue at 18th Street to leave."

White House correspondent Shawn McCreesh also provided an update. Before Trump or JD Vance had even started to speak, the reporter wrote, "Hordes of people are streaming east across the mall to leave."

“'Where’s everybody going?' one man next to me just wondered aloud," the reporter added.

Read the full live report here.