The parade was the spectacle event Trump had long wanted. It also helped sparked the largest mass opposition to him since his inauguration 145 days earlier.

The "No Kings" protest is taking place in cities across the country in response to Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast.

The honor, dignity, and integrity of our country are not for sale,” read an ad in The New York Times paid for by Walmart stakeholder Christy Walton.