Donald Trump was ridiculed on Saturday for a "sad little tank parade" with a purportedly low turnout rate.
The New York Times was one of the first major outlets to flag what could be considered signs of failure for the MAGA event. One reporter noted that "hordes" of people were trying to leave before Trump even spoke, while another called the parade and crowd "listless."
But the Times wasn't the only one to get in on the action.
On social media, several commentators and observers circulated images of the less-than-expected MAGA crowd.
Comedian and writer Mike Drucker shared a video from the event, and wrote, "This is genuinely humiliating to see."
Drucker in a separate post added a photo of Trump, and said, "It’s your birthday. It’s Saturday night. But you made one critical mistake: You threw a $45 million parade for yourself without realizing you’d be bored out of your mind."
Democratic strategist Mike Nellis said, "America's army won WWI and WWII, and this is the best they could f------ do with $45 million for this parade?"
"I get the weather, but this is embarrassing," he added.
NBC reporter Mark Segraves said, "The #Army250 parade starting 30 minutes early due to incoming weather. Crowd nowhere near the 200,000 expected," to which former GOP lawmaker Barbara Comstock said, "Newsmax is saying about 10,000 there. That’s small for some protest rallies today and a huge waste of our military $$$ when the world is on fire."
Conservative Tim Miller gave his "main takeaway" from the event.
"Lame and embarrassing Trump having a sad little tank parade while Israel is wrecking the entire IRGC with precision strikes just underscores our decline," the strategist added.
