Tension leading up to the protests has risen due to reported incidents of ICE visiting “sensitive locations,” following Trump’s reversal of a Biden-era policy that prohibited agents from entering into schools, places of worship and health care facilities in January.

‘No Tyrants,’ which also saw protests in Vancouver and Ottawa, was the Canadian counterpart to the ‘No Kings’ protests that swept the United States on June 14. The protests were in response to the Trump administration’s $25–45 million military parade marking the 250th anniversary of the US Army — an event that coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday.

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of paying protesters opposing his aggressive law-and-order push, but has provided no evidence to support the claim. The protests erupted after Trump deployed 800 National Guard members to Washington, DC, and federalized the city’s police force despite falling crime rates.

President Donald Trump, centre, salutes as he attends a military parade commemorating the Army’s 250th anniversary, coinciding with his 79th birthday, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Washington.

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The military parade in Washington, DC, which coincided with Trump’s birthday and marked the 250th anniversary of the US Army, drew criticism from some lawmakers and former military officials who ...

The grand military parade that President Donald Trump had been wanting for years barrelled down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., on Saturday with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute, playing ...

U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and other dignitaries, at right, watch France's annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 14, 2017.

Those same officials insist the fact the parade is taking place on Trump’s 79th birthday is mere coincidence, and that this ostentatious display of military might — reportedly at a cost ...

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