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.

Law enforcement officials reported no arrests from the celebration in D.C. that drew several thousand parade watchers, with some demonstrators protesting against the show of military strength.

Critics of the parade have constantly pointed to the obviously sparse crowds who showed up this weekend and the glum-looking White House officials who seemed to not want to be there